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Female scientists are considerably more likely to be mistakenly cited as if they were males than vice versa

Krawczyk, Michał (2017) Female scientists are considerably more likely to be mistakenly cited as if they were males than vice versa. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (19 Apr 2017). Website.

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Abstract

Gender stereotypes appear so enduring that certain prestigious professions continue to be almost exclusively associated with the male gender. Michał Krawczyk sought to discover if scientist was one such profession by studying the citations to a large sample of academic publications and identifying cases of gender misattribution of the cited author. Although the overall prevalence of gender misattributions is quite low, female scientists are considerably more likely to be mistakenly cited as if they were males than vice versa. These mistakes are most common in business and economics, but virtually never happen in the biomedical fields.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information: © 2017 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited: 01 Jun 2017 12:38
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 21:00
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/79539

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