Gendered Citation Practices in the Field of Communication

• DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/ywrcq
• Publication Date: 2020-09-24T03:03:03Z
• Authors: Xinyi Wang; Jordan Dworkin; Dale Zhou; Jennifer Stiso; Emily B. Falk; Perry Zurn; Danielle S Bassett; David M. Lydon-St...
• Keywords: Scholarly Communication; Citation analysis; Gender disparity

Pervasive gender imbalances exist in the field of communication. In disciplines outside communication, papers with women as first and last (i.e., senior) authors attract fewer citations than men those positions. This disparity is partially explained by men’s co-authorship networks. The extent to which explains over-citation communication has not yet been quantified. Using data from 14 journals 1995 2018, we find that reference lists include more author would be expected if were unrelated referencing. imbalance driven largely citation practices slowly decreasing over time. structure networks partly accounts for observed other men. We discuss ways researchers might approach gendered their work.