Sex differences in people and things orientation are reflected in sex differences in academic publishing

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Highlights:

• Female authors disproportionately publish in people-oriented fields.

• Male authors tend to focus more heavily on things-oriented fields.

• Empathising–systemising may explain residual variation in academic publishing.

摘要

•Female authors disproportionately publish in people-oriented fields.•Male authors tend to focus more heavily on things-oriented fields.•Empathising–systemising may explain residual variation in academic publishing.

论文关键词:Sex differences,People–things orientation,Big data,Research publishing,Empathising,Systemising

论文评审过程:Received 5 January 2020, Available online 25 February 2020, Version of Record 25 February 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101021