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Ecuadorian scholarly production in computer science. Analysis of publication patterns by gender

Abstract:

Men and women compose the human capital and workforce needed for the economic and social development of a country. Despite this, in science, there is a gender participation gap, unfavorable for women. This statement is supported by a large body of literature that describes gender differences in scholarly productivity. But, mainly in the Computer Science field, there is little evidence about publishing patterns by gender in countries with a recent path in scholarly publishing. To meet the information gap of Ecuador, in this study, the authors focus on analyze publishing patterns by gender in Computer Science. Specifically, this paper examines (1) gender differences in research productivity and participation rates, and (2) publishing patterns regarding document type and impact. Findings show that despite the great difference in the number of female and male researchers that leading scientific production, both have common publishing patterns. Except, when a woman is the first author of a document, co-authors tend to distribute equitably by gender. Whereas when a man leads the research, the presence of women is reduced.