LACK OF GENDER BIAS IN CITATION RATES OF PUBLICATIONS BY DENDROCHRONOLOGISTS

[Eugene Garfield]

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TITLE:          LACK OF GENDER BIAS IN CITATION RATES OF PUBLICATIONS BY

                DENDROCHRONOLOGISTS: WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS
DISCIPLINE? (Article,

                English)

AUTHOR:         Copenheaver, CA; Goldbeck, K; Cherubini, P

SOURCE:         TREE-RING RESEARCH 66 (2). 2010. p.127-133 TREE-RING

                SOC, TUCSON

 

SEARCH TERM(S):  CITATION  item_title; CITATION*  item_title

 

KEYWORDS:       gender bias; citation; publishing; women in science

KEYWORDS+:       SCHOLARLY PRODUCTIVITY; WOMEN; IMPACT; LIBRARIANSHIP;

                PERSPECTIVES; DECISIONS; JOURNALS; SCIENCE; TRENDS

 

ABSTRACT:       Most academic disciplines have a gender bias that exists

in the recognition of research publications: women's publications are
cited at lower rates than men's publications. In this paper, we examined
whether a similar gender bias existed for publications by
dendrochronologists. Tree-ring research is a fairly small field where
males outnumber females, and therefore the sample size was limited to 20
female dendrochronologists and 20 male dendrochronologists. It was
determined that native language (English or non-native English speaker),
current employment (government or academic), and gender of the first-
author do not significantly influence a paper's probability of being
cited. However. years since dissertation completion was a good predictor
of a paper's citation rate. We suggest that the high productivity of
female dendrochronologists and a pattern of co-authoring with male
colleagues bring the work of females to the attention of their male
colleagues and thus eliminate the gender bias in citation of women's
work common to other disciplines.

 

AUTHOR ADDRESS: CA Copenheaver, Virginia Tech, Dept Forest Resources &

                Environm Conservat, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA

 

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