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Gender differences in research fields of bioeconomy and rural development-based on sustainable systems in Latin America and Africa regions

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  • M Lourdes Ordoñez Olivo
  • Rachael Adeleye Oluwakemi
  • Zoltán Lakner
  • Tibor Farkas

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Using bibliometric analysis of large-scale publication data is a simple approach to exploring gender-related trends, especially gender equality in academic publishing. The aim of this study is to investigate gender trends in the fields of bio-economy and rural development sciences in two under develop regions as Latin America and Africa. This study examines gender differences in these fields in order to: (1) recognize the contribution of female researchers in bioeconomy and rural development, (2) explore the relational structure of gender aspects in academic publications, (3) identify trends in female authorship in these scientific research fields over time, and finally (4) identify gender potentials for women to become more visible in these fields of study. To achieve these objectives, we used bibliometric tools to analyses 1891 publication records in bioeconomy and rural development. After cleaning the database of full names of authors of academic publications relevant to the field studies, we performed a series of statistical analyses in R and SPSS software, such as Lotkas distribution, network analysis, co-authorship analysis and spatial distribution of authors in the study. The results show that the number of male authors is almost three times higher than the number of female authors, suggesting that women are under-represented in the fields studied. Men occupy the most important position of authorship in scientific articles; publications with corresponding male authors were found in 1389 out of 1891 publications related to the bio-economy and rural development. In terms of geographical regions, publications with female authors were more prevalent in European and North American areas, with a small exception in some developing countries such as Argentina and South Africa. In terms of research networks, from the total number of authors evaluated, only 23% are female authors on the map of research influence. This indicates that there is a significant gap to be filled in the promotion of scholarly impact through the sharing of knowledge and expertise among authors.

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  • M Lourdes Ordoñez Olivo & Rachael Adeleye Oluwakemi & Zoltán Lakner & Tibor Farkas, 2024. "Gender differences in research fields of bioeconomy and rural development-based on sustainable systems in Latin America and Africa regions," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(8), pages 1-23, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0308713
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308713
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