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Sex differences in scientific productivity and impact are largely explained by the proportion of highly productive individuals: a whole-population study of researchers across six disciplines in Sweden
Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5366-1169
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology, Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7754-7993
2023 (English)In: Studies in Higher Education, ISSN 0307-5079, E-ISSN 1470-174X, Vol. 49, no 1, p. 119-140Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Sex differences in human performance have been documented across a wide array of human endeavours. Males tend to exhibit higher performance in intellectually demanding and competitive domains, and this difference tends to be more pronounced the higher the level of performance. Here, we analyse publishing performance for the whole population of associate and full professors in relatively sex-balanced disciplines, namely Education, Nursing and Caring Science, Psychology, Public Health, Sociology, and Social Work, comprising 426 women and 562 men. We find that sex differences in the number of publications, citations, and citations per publication were small across low and medium levels of productivity, but become more pronounced the higher the level of performance. In the top performing 10% the female proportion decreases from the average 43.2% to 26% (25 F, 71 M), which further decreases to 15% in the top 5%. The results are discussed with respect to the greater male variability hypothesis, sex differences in psychological traits, and environmental factors such as sex discrimination.

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Taylor & Francis , 2023. Vol. 49, no 1, p. 119-140
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academe; bibliometrics; greater male variability hypothesis; Sex differences; sex discrimination; social sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-42460DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2223638ISI: 001005917000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85161834303OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-42460DiVA, id: diva2:1774403
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Swedish National Board of Health and WelfareUmeå UniversityAvailable from: 2023-06-26 Created: 2023-06-26 Last updated: 2023-12-05Bibliographically approved

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