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| Title |
Objectivity and realms of explanation in academic journal articles concerning sex/gender: a comparison of Gender studies and the other social sciences
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| Published in |
Scientometrics, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11192-017-2407-x |
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| Authors |
Therese Söderlund, Guy Madison |
| Abstract |
Gender studies (GS) has been challenged on epistemological grounds. Here, we compare samples of peer-reviewed academic journal publications written by GS authors and authors from closely related disciplines in the social sciences. The material consisted of 2805 statements from 36 peer-reviewed journal articles, sampled from the Swedish Gender Studies List, which covers >12,000 publications. Each statement was coded as expressing a lack of any of three aspects of objectivity: Bias, Normativity, or Political activism, or as considering any of four realms of explanation for the behaviours or phenomena under study: Biology/genetics, Individual/group differences, Environment/culture, or Societal institutions. Statements in GS publications did to a greater extent express bias and normativity, but not political activism. They did also to a greater extent consider cultural, environmental, social, and societal realms of explanation, and to a lesser extent biological and individual differences explanations. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 817 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 74 | 9% |
| Sweden | 71 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 23 | 3% |
| Spain | 21 | 3% |
| Chile | 16 | 2% |
| Canada | 13 | 2% |
| Australia | 12 | 1% |
| France | 10 | 1% |
| Germany | 10 | 1% |
| Other | 70 | 9% |
| Unknown | 497 | 61% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 763 | 93% |
| Scientists | 28 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 13 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 11 | 1% |
| Unknown | 2 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 35 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 35 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 26% |
| Researcher | 5 | 14% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 9% |
| Librarian | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 7 | 20% |
| Psychology | 5 | 14% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 6% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 14 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 624. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 October 2023.
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