Gender differences in scientific collaborations: Women are more egalitarian than men.

By analyzing a unique dataset of more than 270,000 scientists, we discovered substantial gender differences in scientific collaborations. While men are more likely to collaborate with other men, women are more egalitarian. This is consistently observed over all fields and regardless of the number of...

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Main Authors: Eduardo B Araújo, Nuno A M Araújo, André A Moreira, Hans J Herrmann, José S Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5425184?pdf=render