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Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years
  Women‘s studies has emerged as a recognised academic specialty in recent years. We explored the social structure of the field by analysing bibliometrically all scholarly articles (n = 1,302) and acknowledgements (n = 595) appearing in three pioneering journals over a twenty year period. We analysed authors (n = 1,504) and acknowledgees (n = 3,252) in terms of gender. We also conducted a content analysis of all editorial statements (n = 135) published by the three journals. Our results demonstrate the highly gendered nature of the field and the incompatibility of its publicly stated objectives

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    31 May 1997

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Emerald

  • DOI:

    10.1108/eum0000000007196

  • Cross Ref:

    10.1108/EUM0000000007196

  • ISSN:

    0022-0418

  • Library of Congress:

    HQ The family. Marriage. Woman

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    303 Social processes

Citation

Cronin, B., Davenport, E., & Martinson, A. (1997). Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years. Journal of Documentation, 53(2), 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000007196

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Keywords

academic staff; bibliographic standards; women;

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