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Understanding Gender Equity in Author Order Assignment

Rode, J; Kirstin, E; Jessica, H; Megan Kelly, H; Anna, W; Jennifer, M; (2018) Understanding Gender Equity in Author Order Assignment. In: Evers, Vanessa and Naaman, Mor, (eds.) Proceedings of the 21st ACM Conference on Computer-supported co-operative work and social computing (CSCW). ACM: New York, USA. Green open access

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Abstract

Women remain underrepresented in many fields in computer science, particularly at higher levels. In academia, success and promotion are influenced by a researcher's publication record. In many fields, including computer science, multi-author papers are the norm. Evidence from other fields shows that author order norms can influence the assignment of credit. We conduct interviews of students and faculty in human-computer interaction (HCI) and machine learning (ML) to determine factors related to assignment of author order in collaborative publication. The outcomes of these interviews then informed metrics of interest for a bibliometric analysis of gender and collaboration in research papers published from 1996 to 2016 in three top HCI and ML conferences. Based on our findings, we make recommendations for assignment of credit in multi-author papers and interpretation of author order, particularly in regard to how this area affects women.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Understanding Gender Equity in Author Order Assignment
Event: 21st ACM Conference on Computer-supported co-operative work and social computing (CSCW)
Location: Jersey City, NJ, USA
Dates: 03 November 2018 - 07 November 2018
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1145/3274315
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1145/3274315
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Human-centered computing; Human computer interaction; HCI; Gender; Publishing; Collaboration.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10068692
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