arXiv:2607.05427 · v2

Entering the Elite, But Remaining Outside Its Core? The Temporal Structure of Gender Inequality in the Global Citation

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摘要

This study analyzed the gender dynamics of the global citation elite using the annual Top 2% Stanford/Elsevier lists for 2019-2024. While previous analyses have discussed women s representation (inclusion), I discuss what happens once male and female scientists are within the elite (position and persistence). The database used included 1.22 million person-year observations (N = 1,216,089) and 465,707 unique scientists and scholars from more than 150 countries. I studied entry, exit, and permanent membership in the elite. The share of women in the top 2% increased from 18.35% in 2019 to 20.85% in 2024. However, women were more strongly represented among first-observed entrants than among continuing members, and their share decreased from 21.58% among single-year members to 17.69% among scientists present in all six annual lists. Women were located closer to the lower boundary of the elite in terms of citation index deciles (the lowest decile included 26.88% of women). Men, in contrast, were closer to its upper boundary (the highest decile included only 15.23% of women). Logistic regression models estimated a lower probability of women s membership in the durable core of the elite (odds ratio estimate [OR] = 0.886). Consequently, increasing the inclusion of women in the elite does not mean their equal position within or equal persistence of membership in it. I draw conclusions about temporal gender dynamics within the global citation elite and gender inequalities in science more generally.

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