Does gender predict research awards among prolific suicidologists? A research note.

IF 2.7 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI:10.1111/sltb.13119

Steven Stack, David Lester

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Abstract

Background: Rewards can both validate and promote the stature of a researcher in their field. Research has been mixed on the role of gender as a predictor of receiving scholarly awards, but much of it lacks control for research excellence, and awards in interdisciplinary associations have been neglected. This study fills these gaps for suicidology.

Methods: Bibliometric data from the Web of Science was utilized for this study. To control for research excellence the analysis is restricted to the 116 most highly prolific researchers, each with 70 or more works published on suicide, from the Web of Science. The research awards in suicidology, given by three different interdisciplinary associations, include the Louis I. Dublin Award, the Morselli Medal, and the Stengel Research Award. The link between gender and receipt of a major award is adjusted for possible mediators including long-term research productivity (h-index), years of experience, and organizational prestige.

Results: While the percentage of women winning awards is less than that of men, we find that there is no significant difference between the genders. The quality of research and years of experience predict the receipt of each award.

Conclusion: Based on a bibliometric analysis, women are not at a disadvantage in receiving research awards in suicidology. These results are consistent with recent research on gender and awards in economics, mathematics, and psychology.

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性别能否预测多产自杀学家的研究奖项？研究说明。

背景：奖励既可以证明研究人员在其领域中的地位，也可以提升其地位。关于性别在预测获得学术奖项方面的作用的研究有好有坏，但大部分研究缺乏对卓越研究的控制，跨学科协会的奖项也被忽视。本研究填补了自杀学领域的这些空白：本研究采用了科学网的文献计量数据。为了控制研究的卓越性，分析仅限于 Web of Science 中最多产的 116 位研究人员，他们每人都发表了 70 篇或更多关于自杀的作品。由三个不同的跨学科协会颁发的自杀学研究奖包括路易斯-都柏林奖、莫塞利奖章和斯坦盖尔研究奖。对性别与获得重大奖项之间的联系进行了调整，考虑了可能的中介因素，包括长期研究生产率（h 指数）、工作年限和组织声望：结果：虽然女性获奖比例低于男性，但我们发现两性之间没有显著差异。研究质量和工作年限预示着获奖情况：根据文献计量学分析，女性在获得自杀学研究奖项方面并不处于劣势。这些结果与最近在经济学、数学和心理学领域关于性别和奖项的研究结果是一致的。

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Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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5.40

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3.10%

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