Article ID: CBB389058641

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

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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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Authors & Contributors
Plutniak, Sébastien
Baldwin, Melinda Clare
Daling, Dorien
Ferreira, Luiz Otávio
Fontes da Costa, Palmira
Govoni, Paola
Journals
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Social Studies of Science
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Archives of Natural History
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Publishers
Ashgate
Johns Hopkins University Press
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Virginia Press
Tinta da China
Concepts
Communication within scientific contexts
Scholarly publishing
Communication of scientific ideas
Science and gender
Women in science
Scientific literature
People
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Petiver, James
Meyer de Schauensee, Rodolphe
Tambroni, Clotilde
Leonor de Almeida Portugal, Marquise of Alorna
Time Periods
18th century
20th century, late
21st century
17th century
19th century
20th century
Places
Brazil
Europe
Italy
Portugal
Netherlands
United States
Institutions
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
American Phytopathological Society
Univ. Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Museo de Historia Natural
University of Copenhagen
University of Southern Denmark
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