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Changing the Academic Gender Narrative through Open Access. PUBLICATIONS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/publications10030022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
In this article, we ask whether dominant narratives of gender and performance within academic institutions are masking stories that may be both more complex and potentially more hopeful than those which are often told using publication-related data. Influenced by world university rankings, institutions emphasise so-called ‘excellent’ research practices: publish in ‘high impact’, elite subscription journals indexed by the commercial bibliographic databases that inform the various ranking systems. In particular, we ask whether data relating to institutional demographics and open access publications could support a different story about the roles that women are playing as pioneers and practitioners of open scholarship. We review gender bias in scholarly publications and discuss examples of open access research publications that highlight a positive advantage for women. Using analysis of workforce demographics and open research data from our Open Knowledge Initiative project, we explore relationships and correlations between academic gender and open access research output from universities in Australia and the United Kingdom. This opens a conversation about different possibilities and models for exploring research output by gender and changing the dominant narrative of deficit in academic publishing.
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Bansal A. Expanding Free Open-Access Medical Education. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 8:794667. [PMID: 35004769 PMCID: PMC8734636 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.794667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Akhil Bansal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Roland D, Davis T, Goldstein H, Hall D, Lawton B, Platt R, Priddis K, Tagg A. Gender equity in free open access medical education. CLINICAL TEACHER 2021; 18:571. [PMID: 34250729 DOI: 10.1111/tct.13396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Damian Roland
- Paediatric Emergency Medicine Leicester Academic (PEMLA) Group, Children's Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.,SAPPHIRE Group, Health Sciences, Leicester University, Leicester, UK
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- Royal London Hospital, London, UK.,Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Mater Young Adult Health Centre, South Brisbane, Australia.,Brisbane & University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Crumlin, Ireland
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- Logan Hospital, Loganholme, Australia.,Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia.,University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Watford General Hospital, West Herts NHS Trust, Watford, UK
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- Sunshine Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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