[Womeninmedicine] article on Differences in Collaboration Patterns across Discipline, Career Stage, and Gender

[Weisz, Ora Anna]

new article in PLOS Biology...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002573
Abstract
Collaboration plays an increasingly important role in promoting research productivity and impact. What remains unclear is whether female and male researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) disciplines differ in their collaboration propensity. Here, we report on an empirical analysis of the complete publication records of 3,980 faculty members in six STEM disciplines at select U.S. research universities. We find that female faculty have significantly fewer distinct co-authors over their careers than males, but that this difference can be fully accounted for by females' lower publication rate and shorter career lengths. Next, we find that female scientists have a lower probability of repeating previous co-authors than males, an intriguing result because prior research shows that teams involving new collaborations produce work with higher impact. Finally, we find evidence for gender segregation in some sub-disciplines in molecular biology, in particular in genomics where we find female faculty to be clearly under-represented.


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Ora A. Weisz, PhD | Professor of Medicine, Professor of Cell Biology
Vice Chair of Faculty Development,  Department of Medicine
Associate Dean for Faculty Development,  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Faculty Excellence, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Renal-Electrolyte Division | 978.1 Scaife Hall | 3550 Terrace St. | Pittsburgh PA 15261
Tel: 412-383-8891 | Email: weisz at pitt.edu<mailto:weisz at pitt.edu>  | website: weisz2.dept-med.pitt.edu


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