A Rare Case of Gender Parity in Academia.
In academia, women trail men in nearly every major professional reward, such as earnings, publications, and funding. Bibliometric studies, however, suggest that citations are unique with regard to gender inequality: female penalties have been reported, but gender parity or even female premiums are r...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces Vol. 98; no. 2; pp. 518 - 548 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2019
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