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Women's Representation in Mathematics Subfields: Evidence from the arXiv

2015/09/25 by Brisbin, Abra, Whitcher, Ursula
#01A80 #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1509.07824

Abstract

We use data from papers posted to the Mathematics section of the arXiv to explore the representation of women in mathematics research. We show that women are under-represented as authors of mathematics papers on the arXiv, even in comparison to the proportion of women who hold full-time positions in mathematics departments. However, some subfields have much greater participation than others.

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