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Differential Social Network Effects on Scholarly Productivity: An Intersectional Analysis (May 2018)

Gaughan, Monica (Author)
Melkers, Julia (Author)
Welch, Eric (Author)

Science, Technology, and Human Values
Volume: 43
Issue: 3
Pages: 570-599
Publication date: May 2018
Language: English

URI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243917735900

DOI: 10.1177/0162243917735900

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Scientific communities; interprofessional relations Research Gender Faculty Productivity Minorities in higher education Social networks Science and technology studies (STS) Universities and colleges--Research 21st century

Academic productivity is realized through resources obtained from professional networks in which scientists are embedded. Using a national survey of academic faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields across multiple institution types, we examine how the structure of professional networks affects scholarly productivity and how those effects may differ by race, ethnicity, and gender. We find that network size masks important differences in composition. Using negative binomial regression, we find that both the size and composition of professional networks affect scientific productivity, but bigger is not always better. We find that instrumental networks increase scholarly productivity, while advice networks reduce it. There are important interactive effects that are masked by modeling only direct effects. We find that white men are especially advantaged by instrumental networks, and women are especially advantaged by advice networks.

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