Presence of women in Education research in Colombia: an analysis of journals included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index

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https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2021.959

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Colombia, Education, Gender, Scientific production, Scientometrics

Abstract

Objective. The dissemination of the research carried out in the field of Education has been repeatedly analyzed in the academic world. Several aspects have been studied, such as the relevance of journals in certain scientific areas, as well as the scientific production or collaboration per country. Clarivate Analytis has recently incorporated new tools that aim to cover scientific fields or regions that are underrepresented in the WoS. Thus, the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) was created. The purpose of this study is to analyze the scientific production in the field of education in the ESCI in Colombia between 2005 and 2019 to identify the participation of women in this production.

Method. This is an exploratory and descriptive study in which several bibliometric techniques are used to obtain the information. Both Excel and SPSSS software were used to perform the statistical procedures. The gender of all the authors of the document was determined.

Results. Our search in the ESCI yielded a total of 3824 documents. The results indicate that in 2005 women only signed 36.67% of the documents, while in 2019 they signed up to 48.52% of them. 61,30% of the times the only author of the documents is a woman. The maximum number of authors is 8. The latter percentage is similar to that of single-autorship male signature, 63,46%.

Conclusions. The data obtained allows us to conclude that the gender gap in publications in the field of education in Colombia is closing and that men and women currently sign almost the same number of documents per year.

Author Biographies

Bibiana Muñoz-Ñúngo, Universidad de Córdoba, España.

Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Universidad de Córdoba, España.

Cristina Rodríguez-Faneca, Universidad de Córdoba.

Profesora Sustituta Interina. Área de Traducción e Interpretación. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Filosofía, Geografía y Traducción e Interpretación.

Alexander Maz-Machado, Universidad de Córdoba.

Profesor Titular de Universidad. Área de Didáctica de las Matemáticas. Departamento de Matemáticas. Universidad de Córdoba.

Astrid Cuida, Universidad de Valladolid.

Profesora Asociada. Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales, Sociales y de la Matemática. Universidad de Valladolid.

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Received-Recibido-Recibido:2021-02-08

Accepted-Aceptado-Aceitado:2022-09-13

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2022-09-26

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Muñoz-Ñúngo, B., Rodríguez-Faneca, C., Maz-Machado, A., & Cuida, A. (2022). Presence of women in Education research in Colombia: an analysis of journals included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (82), 41–50. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2021.959

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