Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Science, Gödöllo, Hungary.
Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Science, Gödöllo, Hungary.
PLoS One. 2024 Aug 22;19(8):e0308713. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308713. eCollection 2024.
Using bibliometric analysis of large-scale publication data is a simple approach to exploring gender-related trends, especially gender equality in academic publishing. The aim of this study is to investigate gender trends in the fields of bio-economy and rural development sciences in two under develop regions as Latin America and Africa. This study examines gender differences in these fields in order to: (1) recognize the contribution of female researchers in bioeconomy and rural development, (2) explore the relational structure of gender aspects in academic publications, (3) identify trends in female authorship in these scientific research fields over time, and finally (4) identify gender potentials for women to become more visible in these fields of study. To achieve these objectives, we used bibliometric tools to analyses 1891 publication records in bioeconomy and rural development. After cleaning the database of full names of authors of academic publications relevant to the field studies, we performed a series of statistical analyses in R and SPSS software, such as Lotkas distribution, network analysis, co-authorship analysis and spatial distribution of authors in the study. The results show that the number of male authors is almost three times higher than the number of female authors, suggesting that women are under-represented in the fields studied. Men occupy the most important position of authorship in scientific articles; publications with corresponding male authors were found in 1389 out of 1891 publications related to the bio-economy and rural development. In terms of geographical regions, publications with female authors were more prevalent in European and North American areas, with a small exception in some developing countries such as Argentina and South Africa. In terms of research networks, from the total number of authors evaluated, only 23% are female authors on the map of research influence. This indicates that there is a significant gap to be filled in the promotion of scholarly impact through the sharing of knowledge and expertise among authors.
利用大规模出版数据的文献计量分析是探索与性别相关趋势的一种简单方法，尤其是学术出版中的性别平等。本研究旨在探讨拉丁美洲和非洲两个欠发达地区生物经济和农村发展科学领域的性别趋势。本研究考察了这些领域中的性别差异，以便：（1）认识女性研究人员在生物经济和农村发展中的贡献；（2）探索学术出版物中性别方面的关系结构；（3）随着时间的推移，确定女性作者在这些科学研究领域中的趋势；最后（4）确定女性在这些研究领域中变得更加可见的性别潜力。为了实现这些目标，我们使用文献计量学工具分析了 1891 篇与领域研究相关的生物经济和农村发展的出版物记录。在清理与实地研究相关的学术出版物作者全名数据库后，我们在 R 和 SPSS 软件中执行了一系列统计分析，例如洛特卡分布、网络分析、合著分析和作者在研究中的空间分布。结果表明，男性作者的数量几乎是女性作者的三倍，这表明女性在研究领域中的代表性不足。男性在科学文章中占据着最重要的作者地位；在与生物经济和农村发展相关的 1891 篇出版物中，有 1389 篇出版物有相应的男性作者。就地理区域而言，在欧洲和北美地区，有女性作者的出版物更为普遍，在阿根廷和南非等一些发展中国家则有一个小例外。在研究网络方面，在所评估的作者总数中，仅有 23%的女性作者出现在研究影响力地图上。这表明，在通过作者之间的知识和专业知识共享来促进学术影响力方面，还有很大的差距需要填补。
