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The Effect of Gender in the Publication Patterns in Mathematics
Despite the increasing number of women graduating in mathematics, a systemic
gender imbalance persists and is signified by a pronounced gender gap in the
distribution of active researchers and professors. Especially at the level of
university faculty, women mathematicians continue being drastically
underrepresented, decades after the first affirmative action measures have been
put into place. A solid publication record is of paramount importance for
securing permanent positions. Thus, the question arises whether the publication
patterns of men and women mathematicians differ in a significant way. Making
use of the zbMATH database, one of the most comprehensive metadata sources on
mathematical publications, we analyze the scholarly output of ~150,000
mathematicians from the past four decades whose gender we algorithmically
inferred. We focus on development over time, collaboration through
coautorships, presumed journal quality and distribution of research topics --
factors known to have a strong impact on job perspectives. We report
significant differences between genders which may put women at a disadvantage
when pursuing an academic career in mathematics.Comment: 24 pages, 12 figure
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The effect of gender in the publication patterns in mathematics
Despite the increasing number of women graduating in mathematics, a systemic gender imbalance persists and is signified by a pronounced gender gap in the distribution of active researchers and professors. Especially at the level of university faculty, women mathematicians continue being drastically underrepresented, decades after the first affirmative action measures have been put into place. A solid publication record is of paramount importance for securing permanent positions. Thus, the question arises whether the publication patterns of men and women mathematicians differ in a significant way. Making use of the zbMATH database, one of the most comprehensive metadata sources on mathematical publications, we analyze the scholarly output of ∼150,000 mathematicians from the past four decades whose gender we algorithmically inferred. We focus on development over time, collaboration through coautorships, presumed journal quality and distribution of research topics—factors known to have a strong impact on job perspectives. We report significant differences between genders which may put women at a disadvantage when pursuing an academic career in mathematics
Tree map plots of women's share across MSC 2010 classes
Hierarchical maps visualising the share of women authors resp. women's publications in zbMATH across the MSC 2010 classes on level 1 and 2. Each rectangle represents a mathematical class and displays the corresponding name and code within the MSC 2010; its size is proportional to the number of authors resp. publications in that field, and the darker the color, the larger the share of women resp. their publications in that field.
Detailed information can be obtained using the hover; a right-click allows to get back from MSC level 2 to level 1. Note that the interactive feature requires the activation of JavaScript