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dc.contributor.authorTower, Greg
dc.contributor.authorPlummer, J.
dc.contributor.authorRidgewell, Brenda
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:36:08Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:36:08Z
dc.date.created2012-03-23T01:19:39Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationTower, Greg and Plummer, Julie and Ridgewell, Brenda. 2007. A multidisciplinary study of gender-based research productivity in the world's best journals. Journal of Diversity Management. 2 (4): pp. 23-32.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33275
dc.description.abstract

The past academic gender literature has focused on the underproduction of academic women in research outcomes and related reasons such as prejudice, more frequent career breaks and personality differences between genders. This study examines the top six journals in the world and finds no difference between women and men productivity when the percentage of women participating in the academic work force is factored in. Women have a 30-35% participation rate in academic university positions and represented almost 30% of the authors in the top tiered journals. There are also no significantly statistical differences in Journal Impact Factor ratings between men and women. These findings are consistent across all the major disciplines, science, business and social science. Other trends are noted such as the significantly higher number of authors in science journals and the different trends between US and non-US authors. Science authors’ quality (as measured by Journal Impact Factor (JIF of 31.9) is significantly higher than non-science authors (JIF 6.5); thus differences in quality are discipline specific not a gender issue. The implications are that academic women’s research contribution matches that of a man’s productivity.

dc.publisherThe Clute Institute for Academic Research
dc.relation.urihttp://journals.cluteonline.com/index.php/JDM/article/view/5020/5111
dc.titleA multidisciplinary study of gender-based research productivity in the world's best journals
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume2
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage23
dcterms.source.endPage32
dcterms.source.issn1558-0121
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Diversity Management
curtin.departmentSchool of Accounting
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