Do women in science form more diverse research networks than men? An analysis of Spanish biomedical scientists

Dias-Faez, Adrián A.; Otero-Hermida, Paula; Özman, Müge; D’Este, Pablo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0238229

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“…8 The notable increase in female first authors in recent years could signify positive steps towards addressing the gender imbalance. 8,9 The predominance of male first authors in core disciplines could lead to female researchers being pushed towards more peripheral roles across various fields. 10 This highlights the need for further efforts to promote gender equality in academic publishing.…”

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Study on analysis of gender trends among the first authors of publications on Kawasaki disease

Patel,

Bennet,

Muskawad

et al. 2024

Int J Adv Med

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Background: Kawasaki disease is an inflammatory disorder predominantly affecting children less than 5 years of age. If left untreated, it has the potential to cause life-threatening cardiac complications. There have been numerous articles published on it concerning various aspects of the disease over the last 20 years. Thus, the study aims to compare the number of male and female first authors for published Kawasaki disease articles and study whether there is any association between gender and country. Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study wherein published articles on Kawasaki disease over the last 20 years were assessed and the names of their first authors determined. Subsequently, NamSor was used to establish the gender of the first author. ARIMA (Auto Regressive integrated moving average) was used for statistical analysis. Results: Data evaluation demonstrated that 51% were male first authors, 36% were female first authors, and 12% did not have a clearly determined gender. Males as first authors have been unwaveringly higher in number than females annually. When gender trends are compared globally, there is a statistically significant association between gender and country, with Greece and Finland having the highest female-to-male ratios. Conclusions: Although recent years have seen an increase in the number of female first authors, gender disparity still continues to prevail in medical research. This gap has to be eliminated in order to gain dynamic insight from all genders, which can help form a better understanding and further the cause of innovation in not just Kawasaki disease but any other subject of discussion.

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Study on analysis of gender trends among the first authors of publications on Kawasaki disease

Patel,

Bennet,

Muskawad

et al. 2024

Int J Adv Med

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“…In addition, more research into the extent to which males and females of different seniority seem to expand their networks is warranted. There is evidence for a 'saturation point' for social connections, arguing that researchers are likely to refrain from initiating new connections if they already have many connections, or for females being more likely to create more diverse social capital [53,56]. Yet, there may be countless other mechanisms that address the interplay between seniority and gender in (academic) social network formation.…”

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The evolution and co-evolution of a primary care cancer research network: From academic social connection to research collaboration

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Academic networks are expected to enhance scientific collaboration and thereby increase research outputs. However, little is known about whether and how the initial steps of getting to know other researchers translates into effective collaborations. In this paper, we investigate the evolution and co-evolution of an academic social network and a collaborative research network (using co-authorship as a proxy measure of the latter), and simultaneously examine the effect of individual researcher characteristics (e.g. gender, seniority or workplace) on their evolving relationships. We used longitudinal data from an international network in primary care cancer research: the CanTest Collaborative (CanTest). Surveys were distributed amongst CanTest researchers to map who knows who (the ‘academic social network’). Co-authorship relations were derived from Scopus (the ‘collaborative network’). Stochastic actor-oriented models were employed to investigate the evolution and co-evolution of both networks. Visualizing the development of the CanTest network revealed that researchers within CanTest get to know each other quickly and also start collaborating over time (evolution of the academic social network and collaborative network respectively). Results point to a stable and solid academic social network that is particularly encouraging towards more junior researchers; yet differing for male and female researchers (the effect of individual researcher characteristics). Moreover, although the academic social network and the research collaborations do not grow at the same pace, the benefit of creating academic social relationships to stimulate effective research collaboration is clearly demonstrated (co-evolution of both networks).

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“…These interpersonal networks often go beyond the formal structures of the organisations in which scientists are embedded (Levin and Cross 2004;Perry-Smith and Shalley 2014), involving exchanges with multiple individuals, which are difficult to trace. In biomedicine, bridging the divide between diverse actors (e.g., basic scientists or medical practitioners) from distinct institutional settings (e.g., universities or hospitals) help to reduce the gap between the bench and the bedside (Currie and White 2012;Díaz-Faes et al 2020;Llopis and D'Este 2016). Thus, the study of collaborative practices requires close observation of the heterogeneous attributes of scientists' collaborative ties and an understanding of how these ties help to mobilize tangible and intangible resources.…”

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Disentangling the variety of collaborative practices beneath translational research: an ego-network perspective

Díaz-Faes¹,

Llopis²,

D’Este³

2022

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Translational research policies have increased the expectations about accelerating healthcare improvements and medical innovations. Although such policies aim to reshape how biomedical scientists organize, conceive, and conduct science, most of the analysis and evaluations of these initiatives focus on measuring the outputs generated at different stages of the research process rather than directly observing scientists’ research practices. In this paper, we seek to understand collaborative practices in the context of translational research by examining the network configurations established by biomedical scientists to advance their research. We adopt an ego-network perspective and draw on three network attributes - network diversity, tie strength and tie content - to understand how scientists mobilize tangible and intangible resources through their interpersonal connections and enable the translation of scientific knowledge into practical applications. Our analysis is based on a large-scale survey conducted in the context of a flagship initiative that aims to support translational research in Spain: the CIBER program. Our cluster analysis identifies diverse scientists’ profiles: downstream-oriented, upstream-oriented, and brokering scientists. We propose that using a network lens provides valuable insights on how policy interventions operate in practice.

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Do women in science form more diverse research networks than men? An analysis of Spanish biomedical scientists

Cited by 8 publications

References 85 publications

Study on analysis of gender trends among the first authors of publications on Kawasaki disease

Study on analysis of gender trends among the first authors of publications on Kawasaki disease

The evolution and co-evolution of a primary care cancer research network: From academic social connection to research collaboration

Disentangling the variety of collaborative practices beneath translational research: an ego-network perspective

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