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1. Proportion of women and
men among researchers
in Computer Sciences
2011-15
Appearance of authors
in first or corresponding
position for papers
in Computer Science
2011-15
In Australia and Portugal,
women account for more than
a quarter of named authors in
Computer Science. Figures from 1996-2000
Research CollaborationLeadership
Researchers
Collaboration and Field-Weighted
Citation Impact*
in Computer Science
2011-15
Across comparators, women tend to have lower rates of
international and academic-corporate collaborations than
men in Computer Science. France and Japan are exceptions,
with women publishing a slightly larger proportion of their
scholarly output in collaboration between academic and
corporate sectors, compared to men.
Across comparators, a larger proportion of
women's scholarly output belong to the
most interdisciplinary papers.
Comparator countries with the
Least pronounced gender
difference in first/corresponding
authorship – percentage points
between women & men
ChileFrance
Comparator countries
where women have a slightly
higher rate of academic-
corporate collaboration
Comparator countries where
women's academic-corporate
collaborations have a slightly
higher citation impact
Japan Mexico
Most pronounced difference
EU28
▪ 22% (14%)
▪ 78% (86%)
Denmark
▪ 20% (11%)
▪ 80% (89%)
UK
▪ 22% (14%)
▪ 78% (86%)
Mexico
▪ 23% (15%)
▪ 77% (85%)
Canada
▪ 23% (14%)
▪ 77% (86%)
Japan
▪ 11% (6%)
▪ 89% (94%)
Australia
▪ 25% (17%)
▪ 75% (83%)
Portugal
▪ 27% (15%)
▪ 73% (85%)
France
▪ 22% (17%)
▪ 78% (83%)US
▪ 22% (15%)
▪ 78% (85%)
Chile
▪ 16% (13%)
▪ 84% (87%)
Brazil
▪ 23% (19%)
▪ 77% (81%)
24
Chile
UK
10percentage
points
Denmark
9percentage
points
Australia
8 percentage
points
27
Japan
percentage
points
Brazil
27 percentage
points
percentage
points 24
EU28
percentage
points
Elsevier’s comprehensive report on research performance
through a gender lens, Gender in the Global Research Landscape,
spans 20 years, 12 geographies, and 27 disciplines. This global
study draws upon data and analytics, a unique gender
disambiguation methodology, and involvement of global experts.
Gender in the
Global Research
Landscape
FOCUS ON COMPUTER SCIENCES
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▪ Women ▪ Men
* Field-Weighted Citation Impact normalizes the data to a world average of 1 in order to
account for different citation rates and practices across articles’ fields, types, and ages.