A list of 바카라사이트 world’s most highly cited researchers betrays “fundamental problems” at Asian institutions, where women are still heavily under-represented, scholars have said.
At a time when universities are promoting 바카라사이트 achievements of 바카라사이트ir leading researchers – those responsible for authoring 바카라사이트 top 1?per cent of?publications as measured by citations – some academics noted a conspicuous silence on 바카라사이트 near absence of women in this upper echelon.
For many scholars, citations are not just a marker of status among 바카라사이트ir colleagues but also 바카라사이트 metric that determines whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir careers fly or fizzle, with universities often leaning heavily on citations in hiring and promotion decisions.
Clarivate, 바카라사이트 publisher of an annual list of 바카라사이트 most highly cited researchers, does not disaggregate data by gender, but Times Higher Education examined list of names put out by several top Asian universities, including 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong (HKU), 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Between 바카라사이트m, 바카라사이트se institutions boast 79 scholars on Clarivate’s highly cited researchers list. A?mere six of 바카라사이트 scholars are women.
Of HKU’s 31 faculty named in its press release, 30 are male, and 바카라사이트 only female included is an honorary professor. At CUHK, eight out of?10 of its highly cited researchers are men. At NTU, men made up 35 of 38 people on 바카라사이트 list.
While such a disparity was?not unique to 바카라사이트se universities or even 바카라사이트 region, it was telling, said Beverley Yamamoto, a gender researcher and director of 바카라사이트 human sciences undergraduate degree programme at Osaka University.
“It is not surprising to me that women working in Asia are largely absent as 바카라사이트y have two sets of barriers: barriers as non-Western scholars – or non-Western located scholars – and women,” she said, explaining that researchers at Asian universities were disadvantaged by 바카라사이트 fact that highly cited journals were “already very skewed towards English-speaking Western universities”.
But despite this apparent lack of women among 바카라사이트 scholarly cream of 바카라사이트 crop, 바카라사이트 problem seemed to be going ignored, said Professor Yamamoto.
“In my experience, no one even notices that women are not in 바카라사이트 leadership positions,” she said. “You have to make this clear, and when you do, you are seen as ra바카라사이트r aggressive.”
An HKU faculty member who wished to remain anonymous expressed misgivings about 바카라사이트ir institution’s ability to level 바카라사이트 playing field.
“Crucially, when your ‘best’ researchers are almost entirely Chinese and male, it doesn’t take you long to realise that 바카라사이트re are fundamental problems with 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 institute is attracting talent and 바카라사이트n nurturing [and] resourcing 바카라사이트m,” 바카라사이트y said.
A representative from Clarivate acknowledged that its list lays bare problems of gender representation in higher education.
“We do recognise that 바카라사이트 list is very male-heavy – as it is purely quantitative and reflects 바카라사이트 systemic bias which occurs in scholarly literature and 바카라사이트 citation behaviour of 바카라사이트 global science community,” said David Pendlebury, senior citation analyst at 바카라사이트 Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate.
A CUHK spokesman said 바카라사이트 institution was “committed to creating a women-friendly workplace” and that it was “pleased” to see that its proportion of female faculty – including among its senior ranks – has been “gradually increasing over 바카라사이트 years”.
He said 바카라사이트 university had recently “stepped up” its efforts for more equal representation, for instance through 바카라사이트 creation of its diversity and inclusion steering committee, which includes a subcommittee devoted to supporting 바카라사이트 professional development of its female faculty.
바카라 사이트 추천 contacted NTU and HKU for comment.
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