Where power and scholarship collide: Gender and coauthorship in public administration research

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Smith, Amy E.; Riccucci, Norma M.; Isett, Kimberley R.; DeHart-Davis, Leisha; Sims, Rebekah St. Clair
• 署名单位: University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Boston; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; University of Delaware; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina School of Medicine
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13923
• 发表日期: 2025
• 关键词: co-authorship networks; collaboration patterns; PRODUCTIVITY; management; EVOLUTION; KNOWLEDGE; TRENDS; women

摘要

Publishing is a source of capital and power in academia, and coauthoring is a common way to publish. However, studies in public administration have not yet examined the structure of coauthorship patterns, how these patterns have evolved over time, or the extent to which these patterns are gendered. We use bibliometric data to examine coauthorship in public administration scholarship over four decades with a particular focus on gendered patterns. Descriptive statistics, regression, and social network analysis suggest that when women are first authors, the research team is more likely to contain other women and while women are increasingly represented in coauthorship structures, men-only groups of coauthors continue to persist. These findings have implications for the coauthoring practices of individual scholars, perceptions of coauthorship in hiring, tenure, and promotion decisions, and efforts in the field to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.