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Only if you have data (or blindly assume) that women at some level of "the career ladder" have fewer publications than men at the same level.
by trhtrsh 14y ago
Only if you have data (or blindly assume) that women at some level of "the career ladder" have fewer publications than men at the same level.
- yummyfajitas 14y agoYou are correct, this could also be entirely a compositional effect. I.e., women in academia might also be be on average younger than men, and hence have fewer publications. There are a lot of possible explanations. Ultimately we need data on the authors as well as the publications to know what's really going on.