背景:对性别不平等的研究至关重要,因为它揭示了在各个领域持续存在的普遍差异,揭示社会失衡,为知情决策提供基础。
目的:调查伊朗牙科学校教职员工在科学测量指标方面的性别差异。这包括总体数据和特定专业数据。
方法:使用伊朗科学计量信息数据库(ISID,http://isid。研究。AC.ir).分析的变量是工作现场,学术学位,论文的总数,每年的论文,引用总数,自我引用的百分比,h-index,g-index,每篇论文的引文,性别,大学类型,出版年限,国际论文的比例,第一作者论文,和相应的作者论文。使用Mann-Whitney和Kruskal-Wallis非参数检验来分析背景特征与科学测量指标之间的关系。使用Rv4.0.1分析提取的数据。
结果:数据库包括1850名教职员工,其中约60%(1850年中的1104人)是女性。男性(n=746)的论文数量较多(6583与6255)和引文(60410与39559)与女性相比;376名没有论文的教职员工中有234名是女性。几乎一半的女性(1104中的N=517)在2型大学中,近一半的男性(746人中的N=361人)是1型大学的教职员工(1型大学的排名高于2型和3型大学)。男性的科学测量指数中位数较高,除了自引百分比(0(IQR=2)与0(IQR=3),P=0.083),国际论文百分比(0(IQR=7.5)与0(IQR=16.7),P<0.001)。女性的相应作者论文比例高于62%(25(IQR=50)与15.4(IQR=40),P<0.001)。男性的中位h指数高两倍(2(IQR=4)与1(IQR=3),P<0.001)。恢复性牙科和儿科牙科的男女比例最高(均为1.5)。牙科材料和口腔颌面手术显示出最低的男女比例(分别为0.42和0.5)。
结论:女性占伊朗牙科教师的大多数。然而,男性在几个重要指标中表现出更好的科学测量结果。在确定了反映教师差异的科学计量信息后,现在需要进一步的研究来更好地了解这些差异的驱动因素。
BACKGROUND: Research on gender inequality is crucial as it unveils the pervasive disparities that persist across various domains, shedding light on societal imbalances and providing a foundation for informed policy-making.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate gender differences in scientometric indices among faculty members in dental schools across
Iran. This included overall data and speciality-specific data.
METHODS: The publication profiles of academic staff in all dental schools were examined using the Iranian Scientometric Information Database (ISID, http://isid.research.ac.ir). Variables analyzed were working field, academic degree, the total number of papers, papers per year, total number of citations, percentage of self-citation, h-index, g-index, citations per paper, gender, university type, number of years publishing, proportion of international papers, first-author papers, and corresponding-author papers. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric tests were used to analyze the relationship between background characteristics and scientometric indicators. The extracted data were analyzed using R v4.0.1.
RESULTS: The database included 1850 faculty members, of which about 60% (1104 of 1850) were women. Men (n = 746) had a higher number of papers (6583 vs. 6255) and citations (60410 vs. 39559) compared with women; 234 of the 376 faculty members with no papers were women. Almost half of the women (N = 517 of 1104) were in Type 2 universities, and nearly half of the men (N = 361 of the 746) were faculty members at Type 1 universities (Type 1 universities ranking higher than Type 2 and 3 universities). The medians of scientometric indices were higher in men, except for self-citation percentage (0 (IQR = 2) vs. 0 (IQR = 3), P = 0.083), international papers percentage (0 (IQR = 7.5) vs. 0 (IQR = 16.7), P<0.001). The proportion of corresponding-author papers was more than 62% higher in women (25 (IQR = 50) vs. 15.4 (IQR = 40), P<0.001). Men had a two-fold higher median h-index (2 (IQR = 4) vs. 1 (IQR = 3), P<0.001). Restorative dentistry and pediatric dentistry had the highest men-to-women ratios (1.5 for both). Dental materials and oral and maxillofacial surgery showed the lowest men-to-women ratios (0.42 and 0.5, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS: Women made up the majority of dental faculty members in
Iran. Nevertheless, men showed better scientometric results in several significant indices. Having identified scientometric information reflecting differences across faculty members, further research is now needed to better understand the drivers of these differences.