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Title: Does a gender-neutral name associate with the research impact of a scientist?

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2022

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ISSN: 17511577

DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2022.101251

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Abstract: Women have long suffered in both academia and industry from lower status, underrepresentation, unequal treatment, and other challenges based on gender. This paper explores whether a gender-neutral name is associated with the research impact of a scientist by examining three years of citations. The data for this study are derived from publications indexed in ISI's Web of Science (WoS) database from 2009 to 2015. By assigning a name neutralization index score to each author, we investigate the relationship between the neutralization index and citations and find the following results: (1) generally, the more neutral the name, the more citations the publications received; (2) the neutral effect was more pronounced for authors with feminine names than for authors with masculine names.

Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101251

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Authors: Zhang, Ning; He, Guangye; Shi, Dongbo; Zhao, Zhenyue; Li, Jiang

Periodical (Full): Journal of Informetrics

Issue: 1

Volume: 16

Pages: 101251

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender

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