Gender differences in science: the case of scientific productivity in Nano Science & Technology during 2005–2007

Hajar Sotudeh () and Nahid Khoshian ()
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Hajar Sotudeh: Faculty of Education & Psychology, Eram Campus, Shiraz University
Nahid Khoshian: Faculty of Education & Psychology, Eram Campus, Shiraz University

Scientometrics, 2014, vol. 98, issue 1, No 29, 457-472

Abstract: Abstract Although, women’s contribution to science is crucial to social development, gender difference has been for a long time affecting the quantity and quality of scholarly activity. In spite of some improvements, women are still suffering from gender gap and biases in science world. Using a scientometric method with a comparative approach, the present communication aims to study women performance in Nano Science & Technology in terms of their scientific productivity and impact and to contrast them to their male counterparts. The significance of the study relies on the importance of a balanced development of human society in general and in different scientific milieus in specific. According to the research results, although female Nano-researchers are scarce in number, they equally perform in terms of scientific productions and impacts. That may imply gender egalitarianism in the field.

Keywords: Nano science; Nano technology; Gender; Scientific productivity; Impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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