ABSTRACT

This article provides an explanation for previously observed gender differences in scientific performance during doctoral studies and the early career. Data is based on doctoral students in science, technology, and medicine at a Swedish university. We collected information on each doctoral student's publication and employment history. We also created publication histories for the doctoral candidates main supervisors. The data was supplemented with information on gender, age, and research area. Informed by theories on academic socialization, our research questions focus on how gender differences in productivity during doctoral studies and the early career relate to research collaboration and behaviour/characteristics of the main supervisor. Results show that the gender gap in productivity during doctoral studies, and the early career, can be explained by the degree to which the doctoral students co-author publications with their main supervisors and the size of their collaborative networks.

摘要

本文解释了之前在博士研究和早期职业生涯中观察到的科学表现的性别差异。数据基于瑞典大学的科学、技术和医学博士生。我们收集了每个博士生的出版和就业经历的信息。我们还为博士生主要导师创建了出版历史。数据补充了性别、年龄和研究领域的信息。根据学术社会化理论，我们的研究问题集中在博士研究和早期职业生涯中生产力的性别差异如何与研究合作和主要主管的行为/特征相关。结果表明，在博士学习期间和职业生涯早期，生产力方面的性别差距，