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Brazilian female researchers do not publish less despite an academic structure that deepens sex gap
In the 21st century, we still need to talk about gender inequality in science. Even with the sharp growth of studies on this theme over the last decades, we are still trying to convince our peers that diversity matters and, if embraced, makes better science. Part of this drawback can be related to t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9423670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36037224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273291 |
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author | Hipólito, Juliana Shirai, Leila Teruko Halinski, Rosana Guidolin, Aline Sartori Querino, Ranyse Barbosa Quintela, Eliane Dias Pini, Nivia da Silva Dias Pires, Carmen Sílvia Soares Fontes, Eliana Maria Gouveia |
author_facet | Hipólito, Juliana Shirai, Leila Teruko Halinski, Rosana Guidolin, Aline Sartori Querino, Ranyse Barbosa Quintela, Eliane Dias Pini, Nivia da Silva Dias Pires, Carmen Sílvia Soares Fontes, Eliana Maria Gouveia |
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description | In the 21st century, we still need to talk about gender inequality in science. Even with the sharp growth of studies on this theme over the last decades, we are still trying to convince our peers that diversity matters and, if embraced, makes better science. Part of this drawback can be related to the need for data to support effective proposals to change the academic scenario. In order to close some of those gaps, we here analyze 1) the profile of Brazilian researchers based on production, impact, and membership to the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 2) participation in the Editorial boards of Brazilian journals dedicated to Entomology, and, 3) the academic scenario of Brazilian Entomology focusing on the sex of the first and last authors in peer-reviewed international publications related to Entomology. We aimed to provide a deeper look on the Brazilian Entomology scenario and to expand the amount of data availability to stimulate and foster a mind-change in the current academic structure. We performed scientometric searches and analysis using different platforms and found that the number and impact of the publications by female researchers, as observed by relative numbers, are not less than that of males. Despite that, female researchers are less represented at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and editorial boards, reinforcing the lack of women recognition in science. Thus, we observe that some narratives related to the productivity gap can be misleading to a perpetuation of our internal and structural biases. We here expanded data from a previous paper where we scrutinized the Brazilian Entomology scenario and discussed the patches and systems that maintain gender gap in science. |
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spelling | pubmed-94236702022-08-30 Brazilian female researchers do not publish less despite an academic structure that deepens sex gap Hipólito, Juliana Shirai, Leila Teruko Halinski, Rosana Guidolin, Aline Sartori Querino, Ranyse Barbosa Quintela, Eliane Dias Pini, Nivia da Silva Dias Pires, Carmen Sílvia Soares Fontes, Eliana Maria Gouveia PLoS One Research Article In the 21st century, we still need to talk about gender inequality in science. Even with the sharp growth of studies on this theme over the last decades, we are still trying to convince our peers that diversity matters and, if embraced, makes better science. Part of this drawback can be related to the need for data to support effective proposals to change the academic scenario. In order to close some of those gaps, we here analyze 1) the profile of Brazilian researchers based on production, impact, and membership to the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 2) participation in the Editorial boards of Brazilian journals dedicated to Entomology, and, 3) the academic scenario of Brazilian Entomology focusing on the sex of the first and last authors in peer-reviewed international publications related to Entomology. We aimed to provide a deeper look on the Brazilian Entomology scenario and to expand the amount of data availability to stimulate and foster a mind-change in the current academic structure. We performed scientometric searches and analysis using different platforms and found that the number and impact of the publications by female researchers, as observed by relative numbers, are not less than that of males. Despite that, female researchers are less represented at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and editorial boards, reinforcing the lack of women recognition in science. Thus, we observe that some narratives related to the productivity gap can be misleading to a perpetuation of our internal and structural biases. We here expanded data from a previous paper where we scrutinized the Brazilian Entomology scenario and discussed the patches and systems that maintain gender gap in science. Public Library of Science 2022-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9423670/ /pubmed/36037224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273291 Text en © 2022 Hipólito et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hipólito, Juliana Shirai, Leila Teruko Halinski, Rosana Guidolin, Aline Sartori Querino, Ranyse Barbosa Quintela, Eliane Dias Pini, Nivia da Silva Dias Pires, Carmen Sílvia Soares Fontes, Eliana Maria Gouveia Brazilian female researchers do not publish less despite an academic structure that deepens sex gap |
title | Brazilian female researchers do not publish less despite an academic structure that deepens sex gap |
title_full | Brazilian female researchers do not publish less despite an academic structure that deepens sex gap |
title_fullStr | Brazilian female researchers do not publish less despite an academic structure that deepens sex gap |
title_full_unstemmed | Brazilian female researchers do not publish less despite an academic structure that deepens sex gap |
title_short | Brazilian female researchers do not publish less despite an academic structure that deepens sex gap |
title_sort | brazilian female researchers do not publish less despite an academic structure that deepens sex gap |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9423670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36037224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273291 |
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