The Influence of Author Gender, National Language and Number of Authors on Citation Rate in Ecology

Q2 Environmental Science

Open Ecology Journal Pub Date : 2009-04-01 DOI:10.2174/1874213000902010025

R. Borsuk, A. Budden, Roosa Leimu, L. Aarssen, C. Lortie

引用次数: 90

Abstract

Citation metrics are widely used as a surrogate measure of scientific merit; however, these indices may be sensitive to factors and influences unrelated to merit. We examined citation rates for 5883 articles in relation to number of authors, first author's primary language, and gender. Citation rates were unrelated to primary language and gender but increased with author number. These findings add to a growing body of indirect evidence for potential attitudinal bias in the perceived merit of publications within ecology.

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作者性别、民族语言和作者数量对生态学被引率的影响

引文指标被广泛用作科学价值的替代衡量标准;然而，这些指标可能对与绩效无关的因素和影响敏感。我们检查了5883篇文章的引用率，这些文章与作者数量、第一作者的主要语言和性别有关。被引率与主要语言和性别无关，但随着作者数量的增加而增加。这些发现增加了越来越多的间接证据，表明在生态学中出版物的感知价值方面存在潜在的态度偏见。

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Open Ecology Journal Environmental Science-Environmental Science (all)

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期刊介绍： The Open Ecology Journal is an open access online journal which embraces the trans-disciplinary nature of ecology, seeking to publish original research articles, reviews, letters and guest edited single topic issues representing important scientific progress from all areas of ecology and its linkages to other fields. The journal also focuses on the basic principles of the natural environment and its conservation. Contributions may be based on any taxa, natural or artificial environments, biodiversity, spatial scales, temporal scales, and methods that advance this multi-faceted and dynamic science. The Open Ecology Journal also considers empirical and theoretical studies that promote the construction of a broadly applicable conceptual framework or that present rigorous tests or novel applications of ecological theory.