Ungendered writing: Writing styles are unlikely to account for gender differences in funding rates in the natural and technical sciences

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Highlights:

• Structural differences in funding rates between male and female scientists have been reported.

• We study the potential influence of gendered differences in writing style on funding decisions

• Unlike previous studies, we only find minimal differences in writing style between the sexes, using full-text applications.

• We conclude that writing styles are unlikely to account for skewed funding patterns in the natural and technical sciences

摘要

•Structural differences in funding rates between male and female scientists have been reported.•We study the potential influence of gendered differences in writing style on funding decisions•Unlike previous studies, we only find minimal differences in writing style between the sexes, using full-text applications.•We conclude that writing styles are unlikely to account for skewed funding patterns in the natural and technical sciences

论文关键词:Gender bias,writing style,funding process,computational text analysis,diversity, equality and inclusion

论文评审过程:Received 29 June 2022, Revised 12 August 2022, Accepted 5 September 2022, Available online 12 September 2022, Version of Record 12 September 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101332