Stack Steven, Lester David
Emeritus Academy, Wayne State University, Troy, Michigan, USA.
Richard Stockton University, Galloway, New Jersey, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2024 Dec;54(6):1133-1137. doi: 10.1111/sltb.13119. Epub 2024 Jul 26.
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.
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.
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.
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.
奖励既能认可又能提升研究人员在其领域的地位。关于性别作为获得学术奖项预测因素的作用，研究结果不一，但其中许多研究缺乏对研究卓越性的控制，且跨学科协会的奖项一直被忽视。本研究填补了自杀学领域的这些空白。
本研究利用了来自科学网的文献计量数据。为控制研究卓越性，分析仅限于科学网中116位最高产的研究人员，每位研究人员发表了70篇或更多关于自杀的作品。由三个不同跨学科协会颁发的自杀学研究奖项包括路易斯·I·都柏林奖、莫塞尔利奖章和施滕格尔研究奖。针对包括长期研究生产力（h指数）、经验年限和组织声望在内的可能中介因素，对性别与获得主要奖项之间的联系进行了调整。
虽然获奖女性的比例低于男性，但我们发现性别之间没有显著差异。研究质量和经验年限可预测每项奖项的获得情况。
基于文献计量分析，女性在自杀学领域获得研究奖项方面并不处于劣势。这些结果与最近关于经济学、数学和心理学领域性别与奖项的研究一致。
