在COVID-19之前和期间,过度强调出版物可能会使历史上被排除在外的STEM群体处于不利地位:一项基于北美调查的研究
Freya E Rowland1, Kyra A Prats1, Yara A Alshwairikh1
1School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.
PloS one
|September 27, 2023
概括
身份显著影响学术出版的成功,COVID-19大流行不成比例地影响写作生产力和动机不足的学员,特别是BIPOC个人.
科学领域:
- 环境生物学环境生物学
- 学术出版学术出版是一门学术出版业.
- 学术传播学术交流
背景情况:
- 学术成功与出版成果密切相关.
- 身份和重大生活事件可以影响学术写作经验和生产力.
- 由于COVID-19疫情造成了前所未有的干扰,可能会根据人口统计学不同影响学员.
研究的目的:
- 量化评估身份如何影响环境生物学学员的学术出版总数.
- 评估COVID-19流行病对实习生写作生产力,动机和感知的影响.
- 通过各种学员身份来识别这些影响的差异.
主要方法:
- 分析了342名北美环境生物学研究生和博士后的匿名调查回复.
- 定量评估身份和出版数量之间的关系.
- 检查流行病对写作生产力和动机的影响,按身份分层.
主要成果:
- 身份显著影响了出版总数,影响因职业阶段而异 (研究生与博士后学者).
- 身为女性的实习生和患有慢性健康状况或残疾的实习生在某些培训阶段的出版量较低.
- 尽管在疫情期间感知到更多的写作时间,但学员报告说生产力和动机下降.
- 女性,黑人,土著或有色人种 (BIPOC) 和第一代学员更有可能报告与大流行有关的写作中断.
- BIPOC实习生经历了最明显的负面影响,有85%的人报告了大流行对写作习惯,动机和生产力的影响.
结论:
- COVID-19大流行加剧了科学写作产出的现有差异,特别是对于历史上被排除在外的学员.
- 在招聘中过度强调出版指标可能会使STEM中代表性不足的群体处于不成比例的劣势,特别是在后疫情时代.
- 建议学术界考虑出版压力对不同学员群体的微妙影响.
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