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Book SynopsisFor over forty years, social scientists have noted and puzzled over the 'gender gap' in publication rates of academic scientists. In this study, the author, Robert L. Fisher, argues that men and women scientists differ in their 'problem choice process' and that this difference may be behind much of the difference in publication rates.
Trade ReviewThe Research Productivity of Scientists...provides an important and unique take on the causes and perpetuation of the "gender gap" in the STEM fields, and provides a nice complement to the feminist science and sociology of science literature that documents and analyzes the relationships between gender, socialization, climate, and scientific research. -- Amy N. Addams * On Campus With Women *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Chapter One: Introduction to Study Chapter 4 Chapter Two: Models of Problem Choice in Science: Principal Hypotheses and Historical Development Chapter 5 Chapter Three: A Strategy for Testing the "Garbage Can" Model of Problem Choice Against Rival Perspectives Chapter 6 Chapter Four: Research Methods Chapter 7 Chapter Five: Do Scientists Choose Problems Rationally? Chapter 8 Chapter Six: The Relationship of the Problem Choice Process to Scientific Productivity Chapter 9 Bibliography
