The Origins of Sex Differences in Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2555945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Scott Long (Indiana University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1297 |
| Publication date | 1990-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2579146 |
| OpenAlex | W4255416494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 51 |
The sociology of science has clearly established the presence of sex differences in scientific productivity and position. This article examines the processes leading to the lower productivity of female scientists at the completion of their doctoral training. Collaboration with the mentor is found to be the most important factor affecting productivity. For females, opportunities for collaboration are significantly decreased by having young children. As a consequence, the presence of young children has an adverse, indirect effect on the productivity of female scientists during graduate study. This effect does not exist for males. In addition to differences in the process of collaboration, many small differences that disadvantage women and advantage men are found in the levels of resources affecting productivity and in the mechanisms by which resources are translated into productivity. The concentration of small disadvantages provides a further explanation of sex differences in productivity at the start of the career. Since early advantages and disadvantages have been found to accumulate, this article provides an essential first step in understanding sex differences in scientific productivity and position that emerge during the career
Demographic economics · Disadvantage · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Position (finance · Productivity · Career Development and Diversity · Psychology · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
Gender Equality in the Mirror
Sex differences in research funding, productivity and impact
Graduate Students' Relationships with Their Male and Female Major Professors
Gender differences in the journal publication productivity of South African academic authors
Knowledge Production Patterns of Environmental Sociology
A ciência como espaço de poder
Collaboration with dissertation chair associated with greater scholarship productivity during social work PhD training
The Nexus between Gender Diversity and Research Performance
Choice and allocation characteristics of faculty time in Korea
How human capital, universities of excellence, third party funding, mobility and gender explain productivity in German political science
A Career-History Analysis of Gender Differences in Publication Productivity among South African Academics
Wissenschaft, die Grenzen schafft
It’s Broader than Just My Work Here
WHO invents what? Women’s participation in patenting activity in Spain
Gender Differences in Publication among University Professors in Canada
Does Gender Affect Scientific Productivity
Economic inequality shapes the agency–communion content of gender stereotypes
The Influence of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Faculty Perceptions on Scholarly Productivity in Criminology/Criminal Justice
Women and the publication process
The effect of field of terminal degree on scholarly productivity
Look Who's Talking
Evaluating the Evaluators in Russia
The Effects of Parenthood on Grant Application in China
Gender in Academic Career Tracks
Publications scientifiques et différences de genre
Stemming inequality? Employment and pay of female and minority scientists and engineers
The gender and race-ethnicity of faculty in top social science research departments
Research note
Straight from the source
Penalties and premiums
Using the prisms of gender and rank to interpret research collaboration power dynamics
Motherhood in academia
Feminist Co-Mentoring
Research and Publications Output
Gender and Science in Developing Areas
Mentors and Criminal Achievement
Investments in Scientific Research
Au-delà du plafond de verre
Women in International Relations
The Representation of Women in Publication
Gender, ICTs, and Productivity in Low-Income Countries
How Social Networks Affect Scientific Performance
Research Funding and Performance of Academic Researchers in South Korea
Institucionalização das ciências, sistema de gênero e produção científica no Brasil (1939-1969)
Visibility and Dissemination of Women's and Men's Sociological Scholarship
Diversifying the Professoriate
Inequality among the Disadvantaged? Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Earnings among Young Men and Women without a College Education
Gender differences and factors affecting publication productivity among Australian university academics
Mothers of Invention
Isolated in A Technologically Connected World
Is There a Motherhood Penalty in Academia? The Gendered Effect of Children on Academic Publications in German Sociology
| Unique citing works | 51 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 51 |