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Do women in science form more diverse research networks than men? An analysis of Spanish biomedical scientists

Adrian A. Diaz-Faes, Paula Otero-Hermida, Muge Ozman … (2020)

This paper examines the role of gender in the formation of research collaboration networks, by investigating the composition of networks through connections to diverse professional communities. Drawing on an ego network approach, we examine gender differences among researchers’ networks in terms of partner diversity, openness and brokerage roles. We use data from 897 valid responses to a questionnaire administered to biomedical scientists in Spain, which enquired into multiple aspects of personal research networks. Our findings show that women form more diverse networks and brokerage triads than men. This result is reinforced if we consider the most heterogeneous brokerage triads in terms of professional differences among network partners (i.e., consultant and liaison). Our results suggest that women are more likely to access non-redundant knowledge and richer research perspectives via their knowledge-flow intermediary roles. This research suggests the need for analyses of gender and networks that go beyond a gender-to-gender approach.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One

Journal ID (publisher-id): plos

Journal ID (pmc): plosone

Title: PLoS ONE

Publisher: Public Library of Science (San Francisco, CA USA )

ISSN (Electronic): 1932-6203

Publication date (Electronic): 21 December 2020

Publication date Collection: 2020

Publication date PMC-release: 21 December 2020

Volume: 15

Issue: 12

Electronic Location Identifier: e0244622

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Publisher ID: PONE-D-20-39325

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244622

PMC ID: 7751957

PubMed ID: 33347515

SO-VID: 5a5d6299-ab83-4311-8952-79eecfe9832e

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