The participation of women in Vietnam's social sciences and humanities research has increased during the last several decades. However, they still face various challenges, such as the 'glass ceiling', social stereotypes, low recognition, and underrepresentation. The open-access (OA) movement, being advocated for connecting science and community and improving scientists' visibility, offers a viable platform to increase participation of female researchers. This research investigated participation of Vietnamese women in 3,122 Social Sciences & Humanities publications during 2008–2019. Results show a rapid increase in female authors during the period, rising from 47.27% to 71.43% of articles having one or more Vietnamese female author. However, the number of women as first authors remained lower than men, with only 397 publications having a female first author. Bayesian analysis showed that although the number of coauthors was positively associated with the likelihood to publish in an OA journal, there was a negative association between Vietnamese female author participation and the likelihood to publish OA, a finding that matched the effect of female contribution from other countries. These findings hint at the gender inequality induced by cultural and socio-economic factors, and we postulate that the influence of financial and other inequalities may limit the ability of women to take full advantage of OA publication to further their careers.

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在新兴国家采用开放获取：性别不平等是人文和社会科学领域的障碍吗？

在过去的几十年里，女性参与越南社会科学和人文研究的人数有所增加。然而，他们仍然面临着“玻璃天花板”、社会刻板印象、低认可度和代表性不足等各种挑战。开放获取 (OA) 运动被提倡连接科学和社区并提高科学家的知名度，为增加女性研究人员的参与提供了一个可行的平台。本研究调查了越南女性在 2008-2019 年期间参与 3,122 篇社会科学与人文出版物的情况。结果显示，在此期间，女性作者迅速增加，从拥有一名或多名越南女性作者的文章的 47.27% 上升到 71.43%。然而，作为第一作者的女性人数仍然低于男性，仅有 397 篇论文的第一作者为女性。贝叶斯分析表明，虽然共同作者的数量与在 OA 期刊上发表的可能性呈正相关，但越南女性作者的参与与发表 OA 的可能性呈负相关，这一发现与其他女性贡献的影响相匹配。国家。这些发现暗示了由文化和社会经济因素引起的性别不平等，我们假设财务和其他不平等的影响可能会限制女性充分利用 OA 出版物来促进她们的职业发展的能力。越南女性作者的参与与发表 OA 的可能性呈负相关，这一发现与其他国家女性贡献的影响相匹配。这些发现暗示了由文化和社会经济因素引起的性别不平等，我们假设财务和其他不平等的影响可能会限制女性充分利用 OA 出版物来促进她们的职业发展的能力。越南女性作者的参与与发表 OA 的可能性呈负相关，这一发现与其他国家女性贡献的影响相匹配。这些发现暗示了由文化和社会经济因素引起的性别不平等，我们假设财务和其他不平等的影响可能会限制女性充分利用 OA 出版物来促进她们的职业发展的能力。