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摘要
AimsTo analyse published ranking tables on academics' h-index scores to establish whether male nursing academics are disproportionately represented in these tables compared with their representation across the whole profession.
BackgroundPrevious studies have identified a disproportionate representation of UK male nursing academics in publishing in comparison with their US counterparts.
DesignSecondary statistical analysis, which involved comparative correlation of proportions.
MethodsFour papers from the UK, Canada, and Australia containing h-index ranking tables and published between 2010-2017, were reanalysed in June 2017 to identify authors' sex. Pearson's chi-squared test was applied to ascertain whether the number of men included in the tables was statistically proportionate to the number of men on the pertinent national professional register.
FindingsThere was a disproportionate number of men with high h-index scores in the UK and Canadian data sets, compared with the proportion of men on the pertinent national registers. The number of men in the Australian data set was proportionate with the number of men on the nursing register. There were a disproportionate number of male professors in UK universities.
ConclusionThe influence of men over nursing publishing in the UK and Canada outweighs their representation across the whole profession. Similarly, in the UK, men's representation in the professoriate is disproportionately great. However, the Australian results suggest that gender inequality is not inevitable and that it is possible to create more egalitarian nursing cultures.
- 出版日期2018-8
