Mozaffarian, M (Mozaffarian, Mehrnoush); Jamali, HR (Jamali, Hamid R.) Iranian women in science: a gender study of scientific productivity in an Islamic country ASLIB PROCEEDINGS, 60 (5): 463-473 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: h.jamali at gmail.com 

Author(s): Mozaffarian, M (Mozaffarian, Mehrnoush); Jamali, HR (Jamali, 
Hamid R.) 

Title: Iranian women in science: a gender study of scientific productivity 
in an Islamic country 

Source: ASLIB PROCEEDINGS, 60 (5): 463-473 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: Productivity rate; Research work; Academic staff; Gender; 
Women; Iran 

Keywords Plus: SEX-DIFFERENCES 

Abstract: Purpose - The aim of the paper is to explore and test gender 
differences in the authorship of Iranian journal articles.

Design/methodology/approach - A list of articles published by Iranian 
authors in ISI journals in 2003 was obtained from the Web of Science. The 
names of authors were searched in a specific database as well as the web 
to find their first names and hence their gender. The articles were then 
broken down by gender and subject category. International collaborations 
of the authors were also investigated.
Findings - The productivity of female authors at the individual level as 
measured by article per author share was lower than male authors. In 
total, females accounted for 6 per cent and males for 94 per cent of the 
articles published in 2003. A chi-square test showed that female 
contribution was significantly lower than expected.
Originality/value - The study is the first to investigate gender 
participation in scientific productivity in Iran and most likely in a 
Muslim country. The article highlights the need for qualitative studies on 
the gender aspect of scientific productivity in Muslim countries. 

Addresses: [Jamali, Hamid R.] Tarbiat Moallem Univ, Fac Psychol & Educ, 
Dept Educ Technol, CIBER, Tehran, Iran; [Mozaffarian, Mehrnoush] UCL, 
SLAIS, CIBER, London, England 

Reprint Address: Jamali, HR, Tarbiat Moallem Univ, Fac Psychol & Educ, 
Dept Educ Technol, CIBER, Tehran, Iran. 

E-mail Address: h.jamali at gmail.com 

Cited Reference Count: 25 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED 

Publisher Address: HOWARD HOUSE, WAGON LANE, BINGLEY BD16 1WA, W 
YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND 

ISSN: 0001-253X 

DOI: 10.1108/00012530810908193 

29-char Source Abbrev.: ASLIB PROC 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Aslib Proc. 

Source Item Page Count: 11 

Subject Category: Computer Science, Information Systems; Information 
Science & Library Science 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 372NU 

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