Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years

Cronin, Blaise; Davenport, Elisabeth; Martinson, Anna

Abstract

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

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 1997-05
• Deposit Date: Sep 17, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 17, 2010
• Journal: Journal of Documentation
• Print ISSN: 0022-0418
• Electronic ISSN: 1758-7379
• Publisher: Emerald
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 123-138
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000007196
• Keywords: academic staff; bibliographic standards; women
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3122
• Contract Date: Sep 17, 2010