Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists

COVID-19 has not affected all scientists equally. A survey of principal investigators indicates that female scientists, those in the ‘bench sciences’ and, especially, scientists with young children experienced a substantial decline in time devoted to research. This could have important short- and lo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature human behaviour 2020-09, Vol.4 (9), p.880-883
Hauptverfasser:	Myers, Kyle R., Tham, Wei Yang, Yin, Yian, Cohodes, Nina, Thursby, Jerry G., Thursby, Marie C., Schiffer, Peter, Walsh, Joseph T., Lakhani, Karim R., Wang, Dashun
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	706/648 706/648/76 Behavioral Sciences Betacoronavirus Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedical Research - statistics & numerical data Children Comment Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronaviruses COVID-19 Experimental Psychology Female Humans Life Sciences Male Microeconomics Neurosciences Pandemics Pandemics - statistics & numerical data Personality and Social Psychology Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Research Personnel - statistics & numerical data SARS-CoV-2 Sex Factors Socioeconomic Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	COVID-19 has not affected all scientists equally. A survey of principal investigators indicates that female scientists, those in the ‘bench sciences’ and, especially, scientists with young children experienced a substantial decline in time devoted to research. This could have important short- and longer-term effects on their careers, which institution leaders and funders need to address carefully.
ISSN:	2397-3374 2397-3374
DOI:	10.1038/s41562-020-0921-y