Further divided gender gaps in research productivity and collaboration during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from coronavirus-related literature

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Highlights：

• This paper applies a difference in differences (DID) approach to explore the evolution of gender inequalities before and during the COVID-19 period.

• The empirical study indicates a further divided gender imbalance regarding the number and share of females’ and males’ authorships, leadership in publications, gender composition of collaboration and scientific impacts during the COVID-19 period.

摘要

•This paper applies a difference in differences (DID) approach to explore the evolution of gender inequalities before and during the COVID-19 period.•The empirical study indicates a further divided gender imbalance regarding the number and share of females’ and males’ authorships, leadership in publications, gender composition of collaboration and scientific impacts during the COVID-19 period.

论文关键词：Gender inequality,Scientific collaboration,COVID-19,Scientific impacts,Mixed-gender collaboration

论文评审过程：Received 8 July 2021, Revised 12 April 2022, Accepted 3 May 2022, Available online 5 May 2022, Version of Record 11 May 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101295