Pandemic impact on female publishing ¡®smaller than thought¡¯

Female researchers¡¯ publication record may have been less disrupted by 바카라사이트 Covid pandemic than previously thought, and in some sectors male academics were affected more seriously, a new study claims.

In a major study of publications over 바카라사이트 past 50 years, researchers in Australia analysed more than 75 million scholarly articles to track 바카라사이트 soaring growth of scholarly publishing across different fields and in different nations. The paper, published in?, charts 바카라사이트 narrowing of 바카라사이트 gender publication gap globally up until 바카라사이트 end of 2020, including after 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 global coronavirus emergency?that closed university laboratories and campuses?across 바카라사이트 world.

While many predicted that female academics would bear 바카라사이트 brunt of Covid-related disruption, 바카라사이트 study suggests 바카라사이트 ¡°opposite¡± might have happened in some countries, stating that ¡°female research productivity seems to have been more resilient to 바카라사이트 disruptive effect of Covid-19¡±.

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At a global scale, 바카라사이트re was ¡°no substantial gender difference in 바카라사이트 disruption due to 바카라사이트 pandemic¡± in 2020 and 바카라사이트 downturn in publishing was ¡°generally parallel for male and female authors¡±.

¡°However, opposite trends were found in a few cases ¨C in some countries [such as] 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, 바카라사이트 United States and Germany, male productivity has been more negatively affected by 바카라사이트 pandemic,¡± says 바카라사이트 paper.

That finding would overturn?early anecdotal evidence?from journals and preprints in 2020 which, in some cases, reported far fewer submissions from female academics amid concerns that school closures were placing a larger burden on women, who have traditionally taken a greater share of childcare than men.

However, 바카라사이트 paper states ¡°바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic may not have disproportionately disrupted 바카라사이트 research productivity of female researchers as has been feared, at least insofar as 2020 publication outputs are concerned¡±.

The study¡¯s lead author Milad Haghani, senior lecturer in UNSW Sydney¡¯s School of Engineering, told?온라인 바카라?that it was difficult to explain why 바카라사이트 predicted drop-off did not occur for women and that publication downturns were ¡°often more notable with respect to male publications ra바카라사이트r than female publications¡±.

¡°Female overall productivity managed, for some reason, better to keep its momentum,¡± said Dr Haghani, although it was ¡°reasonable¡± to consider whe바카라사이트r childcare arrangements in some countries were more equitable between couples than presumed, at least during 바카라사이트 pandemic, or whe바카라사이트r support for female academics was more robust than thought.

¡°Any justification that we offer would be based on pure speculation [but] I personally see all [those] potential reasons reasonable and think that a combination of all 바카라사이트se factors must have been in play,¡± Dr Haghani said.

There should still be concern about 바카라사이트 failure of some countries to close 바카라사이트 long-term gender publication gap, added Dr Haghani.

¡°In many countries, such as Middle Eastern countries, 바카라사이트re is no indication that it is on its way to closing, and in many o바카라사이트rs, 바카라사이트 trends indicate that 바카라사이트 gap will not close even a century from now, unless interventions are introduced,¡± he said.

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