Article
Historical Disparities and Gendered Citation Patterns
Political Analysis
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
7-31-2018
DOI
10.1017/pan.2018.16
Abstract
In this comment on Dion, Sumner, and Mitchell’s article “Gendered Citation Patterns across Political Science and Social Science Methodology Fields,” I explore the role of changes in the disparities of citations to work written by women over time. Breaking down their citation data by era, I find that some of the patterns in citations are the result of the legacy of disparity in the field. Citations to more recent work come closer to matching the distribution of the gender of authors of published work. Although the need for more equitable practices of citation remains, the overall patterns are not quite as bad as Dion, Sumner, and Mitchell conclude.
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The Author(s)
Copyright Date
2018
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
David A. M. Peterson. "Historical Disparities and Gendered Citation Patterns" Political Analysis Vol. 26 Iss. 3 (2018) p. 338 - 344 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_peterson/10/
This accepted manuscript of an article that is published as David A. M. Peterson "Historical Disparities and Gendered Citation Patterns" Political Analysis, 2018 26(3); 338-344. DOI: 10.1017/pan.2018.16. Posted with permission.