Intersectional inequalities in science
University of Luxembourg · Université du Québec à Montréal · +6 more institutions
Abstract
The US scientific workforce is primarily composed of White men. Studies have demonstrated the systemic barriers preventing women and other minoritized populations from gaining entry to science; few, however, have taken an intersectional perspective and examined the consequences of these inequalities on scientific knowledge. We provide a large-scale bibliometric analysis of the relationship between intersectional identities, topics, and scientific impact. We find homophily between identities and topic, suggesting a relationship between diversity in the scientific workforce and expansion of the knowledge base. However, topic selection comes at a cost to minoritized individuals for whom we observe both between-…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 85.32
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 96
Authors
4- DKDiego Kozlowski
University of Luxembourg
- VLVincent Larivière
Université du Québec à Montréal, Stellenbosch University, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Université de Montréal, National Research Foundation
- CRCassidy R. Sugimoto
Georgia Institute of Technology, Stellenbosch University, National Research Foundation
- TMThema Monroe‐WhiteCorresponding
Berry College
Topics & keywords
- Inequality
- Sociology
- Mathematics
- Mathematical analysis
- Gender equality