语言,经济和性别差异扩大了科学生产力差距
Tatsuya Amano1,2, Valeria Ramírez-Castañeda3,4, Violeta Berdejo-Espinola1,2
1School of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
PLoS biology
|September 18, 2025
概括
性别,语言和经济因素显著降低了女性和非母语英语的人的科学出版率. 对非英语出版物的核算可以缩小这种生产力差距.
科学领域:
- 环境科学环境科学
- 跨学科研究跨学科研究.
背景情况:
- 参与科学的障碍不成比例地影响来自不同语言,经济和性别背景的个人.
- 这些交叉的身份对科学生产力的综合影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 量化性别,语言背景和经济地位对科学生产力的影响.
- 调查非英语语言出版物在评估科学贡献中的作用.
主要方法:
- 对908名环境科学家进行调查.
- 对出版记录进行定量分析,考虑语言和国家收入水平.
主要成果:
- 与男性相比,女性的英语出版物减少了多达45%.
- 综合因素 (女性,非母语英语,低收入国家) 与高收入男性母语英语发言人相比,出版物的减少率高达70%.
- 当包括非英语语言出版物时,生产力差距会减少.
结论:
- 在评估科学家时明确考虑语言,经济和性别多样性.
- 纳入非英语语言出版物,以提供更公平的科学绩效和贡献评估.
- 解决这些障碍对于促进科学界的包容性至关重要.
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