When Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, she was second only to Esther Duflo. 2019) and Elinor Ostrom (2009). For the first time in the award’s 54-year history, more women won it than Larry Summers’ uncles (Paul Samuelson and Kenneth Arrow). This is an example, but it shows the level of representation of women in business life.
There are many (economic) studies on gender differences in education. More importantly, businesswomen are often held to higher standards when it comes to writing for business magazines. The results are consistent with recent work by Erin Hengel, who showed how long it takes to peer-review data from women-owned businesses.
Under the assumption that men and women have equal abilities, women ( ) spend more time writing to a higher standard than men to pass peer assessment. This translates into lower output than male colleagues and correlates with the finding that among psychology teachers, women benefit more from their knowledge (based on educational advancement) than men. On the other hand, this may simply reflect the higher standards that women’s business should have.
Female researchers, especially those at the beginning of their careers, are poorly connected. These relationships again play an important role in the chances of being accepted into the journal, as personal friends serving on the editorial board can lead to recognition.
Believe dishonest or exploitative ads
All things being equal, higher standards and weaker links mean that the mountain of ads for mom should be advertised in the newspaper. However, in business and other sectors, women are influenced not only by external factors, but also by the decision to be less likely to allow they see as unfair or exploitative.
I am co-author of a new paper and came to this conclusion from two important “natural experiments”. One reason for this is that publishing in Springer Nature and Wiley journals has become more attractive due to easy and open access (for authors from German institutions). Elsevier, on the other hand, cut off access to new issues of the journal for researchers at the German institute.
What happened? To encourage open research and cover subscription costs, German research libraries and universities began negotiating a so-called reform with academic publishers such as John Wiley & Sons, Springer Nature and Elsevier.
But in any case, while talks with the first two companies were successful, talks with Elsevier reached an impasse, leading both parties to blame others for the dispute.
For this reason, the German research institute cut the names of the new publication Elsevier. All else being equal, Springer Nature and Wiley journals have become more attractive, while Elsevier journals have lost interest. Other publishers such as Taylor & Francis, SAGE or OUP were not affected but gradually became less popular.
Of course, although some scientists have abandoned their journals, the journal continues to progress. While it is easy to bypass access restrictions by using worksheets, contacting authors, or using the repository, having an access barrier is a constant reminder for researchers that publishers do not agree to easy terms and conditions of access. This will lead researchers to question whether they should continue working with Elsevier to publish their findings.
Contrary to this decision, personal training has a value trade-off. While abandoning some publishers may benefit a broad range of disciplines, individual opinions vary: Established, established journals often receive greater impact and other quality measures. In some cases, switching to another method may cause one’s work to score lower.
Our analysis shows that women are more likely to use this option, while men are less interested. An example of the difference between men and women was when people stopped by Elsevier’s journals after the power outage in Germany. It can be seen that the mixed group (mostly women and all-female research group (with one to four authors)) is less likely to leave the publisher than the all-male groups.
Effect on Career Development
When this attitude shows that women, like their male counterparts, support open research for the public good, it will also destroy their careers. work. In the business world, the magazine you publish in is the magazine closest to career advancement. It is important in hiring decisions and awarding research grants.
In the business world, the so-called “top five” newspapers are owned by society and university newspapers. But beyond the “top five,” Elsevier also promotes the importance of relevance and the written record, which is often the most important part of a resume. Removing these journals from the pipeline to evaluate idea submissions may impact the journal’s reputation selection.
What this means for gender diversity in ministry remains to be seen. Moreover, it is still an open question whether a greater influence of scientific value across journals would change the strong hierarchical ranking of the discipline. However, one benefit of focusing on reputation is that the rate of undisclosed information coming from commercial paper mills is relatively low.
The current state of the discipline in general is therefore a double-edged sword: focusing on prestigious journals may improve the quality of many faces, but at the expense of the economic strength of the newspapers (which is competition) and a penalty for trying to do things differently when publishing their own newspaper.