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The mirage of scientific productivity and how women are left behind: The Colombian case (2022)

Camilo López-Aguirre (Author)
Diana Farías (Author)

Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
Volume: 5
Issue: 1

URI: https://doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2022.2037819

DOI: 10.1080/25729861.2022.2037819

Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: Digital journal
Language: English

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Scholarly publishing Science and gender Technoscience; science and technology studies Women in science Communication within scientific contexts Gender parity Colombia

Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the workforce are paramount for the betterment of the scientific endeavor. Colombia is a country with great scientific potential, but also multiple long-lasting socioeconomical difficulties. Here, we provide a quantitative analysis of the temporal trajectories of gender parity in scientific publishing in Colombia. Data was dissected based on education level, researcher’s rank and research area, in order to elucidate differential patterns of scientific publishing. We controlled for gender-based differences in number of researchers by quantifying per capita scientific productivity. Our results show widespread gender disparity in scientific publishing persistent across time. Gender-based differences in per capita scientific publishing indicate that gender disparity persists even after controlling for differences in the number of researchers. Temporal trajectories revealed a decrease in women publishing in the medical sciences and a widening of the per capita publishing gender gap. Women senior researchers and women researchers with doctoral degrees had the lowest publishing participation within their group, suggesting access to postgraduate education or entering the workforce in themselves do not prevent women from being underrepresented. We highlight the need to understand the problem of underrepresentation in science and possible ways to address it beyond increasing the number of women researchers.

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