The continuing low proportions of women in most STEM fields in many countries is an ongoing concern, with no agreement about the fundamental causes or effective remedial actions. One previous study has found that professional women are more likely to switch from a (not necessarily academic) STEM career than professional women in comparable non-STEM jobs, reducing the overall numbers of STEM women. This study investigates whether the same is true for long term academics, and hence could partly account for current gender disparities. Based on the Scopus subject categories of the first and last five publications 2001–2018 of people in 31 countries with publishing careers starting after 2000, female researchers switching fields mid-career tend to move to fields with fewer women, relative to men switching fields mid-career. Thus, mid-career field changes within academia do not help to explain continuing gender disparities in publishing and other explanations must be sought.

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职业中期的领域转换减少了学术出版中的性别差异

在许多国家，大多数 STEM 领域的女性比例持续偏低是一个持续关注的问题，对于根本原因或有效的补救措施没有达成一致意见。之前的一项研究发现，与从事类似非 STEM 工作的职业女性相比，职业女性更有可能从（不一定是学术）STEM 职业转变，从而减少了 STEM 女性的总数。这项研究调查了长期学者是否也是如此，因此可以部分解释当前的性别差异。根据 2001 年至 2018 年 31 个国家/地区从事出版职业的人在 2001 年至 2018 年的 Scopus 主题类别，在职业中期转换领域的女性研究人员倾向于转向女性较少的领域，相对于男性在中期转换领域-职业。因此，