A Summary Report from the Research Partnership on Women in Science Careers

Carr, Phyllis L.; Helitzer, Deborah; Freund, Karen M.; Westring, Alyssa; McGee, Richard; Campbell, Patricia B.; Wood, Christine V.; Villablanca, Amparo C.

doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4547-y

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“…Their share in the total advancement structure was systematically decreasing as the academic hierarchy grew. On one hand, this supports the previous findings of researchers (Shepherd, 2017;Carr et al, 2019;Burgess et al, 2012) on gender inequality in academic career development of women and men, resulting mainly from barriers encountered by women, including organizational culture and deeply rooted value systems, as well as social and cultural standards of these units, which hinder the diversity of leadership in the area. On the other hand, this can also result from objective circumstances related to women's resignation from academic life due to starting a family and different prioritization of life goals, which was also signaled by the authors of research in this area, described in the introduction.…”

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Sustainable Development and Motivation Opportunities from the Perspective of Women in the Polish Science Sector in the Light of Statistical Data and Surveys

Jonek-Kowalska¹,

Podgórska²,

Musioł-Urbańczyk³

et al. 2020

ERSJ

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Purpose: The main aim of the article is to evaluate and analyze the role, participation and work motivation of women and men in the science sector in Poland. Design/Approach/Methodology: Two research themes are presented during the research. The first one concerns determination of the share and role of women in the academic sector in Poland in 2008-2018 and it is a macro perspective. The second research theme includes motivation factors in research institutes in the light of the surveys' results. Findings: According to the research results the place and role of women in obtaining higher degrees in academic career in Poland (post-doctoral degree and professor's title) was still significantly lower than the place and role of men. Additionally, there were still some inequalities in using motivating factors between men and women. Practical Implications: Sustainable development will not be possible without gender equality and the recognition of women's work. It will also not be possible to achieve the full benefits of this development that serve present and future generations. Therefore, the elimination of diagnosed symptoms of discrimination may contribute to increasing the innovation of scientific research and, as a result, to improving the quality of life in modern world. Originality/Value: Research in this area has not yet been more widely conducted and described in the literature on the subject, therefore its results are a valuable source of information on gender equality in the Polish academic sector.

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confidence: 88%

Sustainable Development and Motivation Opportunities from the Perspective of Women in the Polish Science Sector in the Light of Statistical Data and Surveys

Jonek-Kowalska¹,

Podgórska²,

Musioł-Urbańczyk³

et al. 2020

ERSJ

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“…Moreover, the editors at T he Lancet recently commented on its journal’s under-representation of women authors of commentary articles 13. Gender disparity in authorship among high-impact journals has far-reaching implications, given the importance of scholarship in career advancement, academic promotion and authoritative recognition 14. In fact, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians have all highlighted the importance of achieving gender equity in academic medicine 15–17…”

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Quantifying gender disparity in physician authorship among commentary articles in three high-impact medical journals: an observational study

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BackgroundScholarship plays a direct role in career advancement, promotion and authoritative recognition, and women physicians remain under-represented as authors of original research articles.ObjectiveWe sought to determine if women physician authors are similarly under-represented in commentary articles within high-impact journals.Design/Setting/ParticipantsIn this observational study, we abstracted and analysed author information (gender and degree) and authorship position from commentary articles published in three high-impact journals between 1 January 2014 and 16 October 2018.Primary outcome measureAuthorship rate of commentary articles over a 5-year period by gender, degree, authorship position and journal.Secondary outcome measuresTo compare the proportion of men and women physician authorship of commentaries relative to the proportion of men and women physician faculty within academic medicine; and to examine the gender concordance among the last and first authors in articles with more than one author.ResultsOf the 2087 articles during the study period, 48% were men physician first authors compared with 17% women physician first authors (p<0.0001). Of the 1477 articles with more than one author, similar distributions were found with regard to last authors: 55% were men physicians compared with only 12% women physicians (p<0.0001). The proportion of women physician first authors increased over time; however, the proportion of women physician last authors remained stagnant. Women coauthored with women in the first and last authorship positions in 9% of articles. In contrast, women coauthored with men in the first and last author positions, respectively, in 55% of articles.ConclusionsWomen physician authors remain under-represented in commentary articles compared with men physician authors in the first and last author positions. Women also coauthored commentaries with other women in far fewer numbers.

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“…The NIH‐funded Research on Causal Factors and Interventions that Promote and Support the Careers of Women in Biomedical and Behavioral Science and Engineering funded 14 grants that addressed four thematic barriers to career advancement, including mentoring, coaching, and sponsorship; career flexibility and work‐life balance; pathways to leadership; and compensation equity. This research has provided a deeper understanding of the obstacles that women face in academic health sciences, and it also describes a toolbox of evidence‐based solutions at all levels to ensure diverse voices are included to advance academic missions of excellence in research, clinical care, and education 19 . Data from the NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation awards, the STEM Equity Achievement (SEA) Change initiative, as well the Athena Scientific Women's Academic Network (Athena SWAN, in the United Kingdom) provide information about the hiring and retention of women before and after implementation of multifaceted strategies such as training to mitigate the impact of implicit bias delivered across an institution, mentoring schemes, work‐life balance policies, and other practices aimed at advancing women faculty in STEM 20 .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Valantine

2020

FASEB j.

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A Summary Report from the Research Partnership on Women in Science Careers

Abstract: Cultural transformation is needed to address the barriers to career advancement for women. Implementing the best practices noted of the work of the Research Partnership can help to achieve this goal.

Cited by 54 publications

References 41 publications

Sustainable Development and Motivation Opportunities from the Perspective of Women in the Polish Science Sector in the Light of Statistical Data and Surveys

Sustainable Development and Motivation Opportunities from the Perspective of Women in the Polish Science Sector in the Light of Statistical Data and Surveys

Quantifying gender disparity in physician authorship among commentary articles in three high-impact medical journals: an observational study

NIH's scientific approach to inclusive excellence

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