Gender Differences in Publication Output: Towards an Unbiased Metric of Research Performance

Matthew R.E. Symonds; Neil J. Gemmell; Tamsin L. Braisher; Kylie L. Gorringe; Mark A. Elgar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000127

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Gender Differences in Publication Output: Towards an Unbiased Metric of Research Performance

Matthew R.E. Symonds ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: symondsm@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Neil J. Gemmell,

Affiliation School of Biological Science, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Tamsin L. Braisher,

Affiliation Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand
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Kylie L. Gorringe,

Affiliation Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Mark A. Elgar

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Gender Differences in Publication Output: Towards an Unbiased Metric of Research Performance

Matthew R.E. Symonds,
Neil J. Gemmell,
Tamsin L. Braisher,
Kylie L. Gorringe,
Mark A. Elgar

Published: December 27, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000127

About the Authors

Matthew R.E. Symonds

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: symondsm@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Neil J. Gemmell

Affiliation School of Biological Science, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Tamsin L. Braisher

Affiliation Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

Kylie L. Gorringe

Affiliation Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mark A. Elgar

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ME MS. Analyzed the data: NG MS TB KG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NG TB KG. Wrote the paper: ME MS.

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