Impact of Covid-19 on research output by gender across countries.

Autor/inn/en	Abramo, Giovanni; D’Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea; Mele, Ida
Titel	Impact of Covid-19 on research output by gender across countries.
Quelle	In: Scientometrics, (2022) 12, S.6811-6826 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0138-9130
DOI	10.1007/s11192-021-04245-x
Schlagwörter	Lockdown effect; BioRxiv; Preprint depositions; Research production; Time series analysis
Abstract	Abstract The massive shock of the COVID-19 pandemic has already shown its negative effects on economies around the world, unprecedented in recent history. COVID-19 infections and containment measures caused a general slowdown in research and new knowledge production. Because of the link between R&D output and economic growth, it is to be expected then that a slowdown in research activities will slow in turn the global recovery from the pandemic. Many recent studies also claim an uneven impact on scientific production across gender. In this paper, we investigate the phenomenon across countries, analysing preprint depositions in main repositories. Differently from other works, that compare the number of preprint depositions before and after the pandemic outbreak, we analyse the depositions trends across geographical areas, and contrast after-pandemic outbreak depositions with expected ones. Differently from common belief and initial evidence, the decrease in research output is not more severe for women than for men.
Erfasst von	OLC
Update	2023/2/05