RT Journal Article
T1 Gender imbalance in doctoral education: an analysis of the Spanish university system (1977–2021)
A1 Barrasa‑Rodríguez, Jesús
A1 Suárez‑Figueroa, Mari Carmen
A1 Sánchez Jiménez, Rodrigo
A1 Botezán, Iuliana
A1 Blázquez Ochando, Manuel
AB Doctoral education is a key feature of university systems, as well as a basic foundation of scientific practice. That period culminates in a dissertation and examination of the candidate that has been studied from several points of  view. This paper reports the results of an analysis on the evolution and characteristics of gender imbalance of a complete doctoral system for a wide period of time. Data from the database Teseo was used in order to identify the individuals involved in the process, the scientific fields in which the dissertations where classified, and the institutions in which the examination took place. Results: the Spanish system shows a clear evolution towards gender balance, but also some concerning trends that are worth tracking. Seemingly, STEM disciplines look to be evolving more slowly than other branches of science in several aspects. A leaky pipeline is characterized in this system around the roles of supervisors, candidates, members and chairs of the dissertation committees. Gender assortativity is also studied and described, and its possible effects discussed around the academic relations that surround doctoral examination.
PB Springer
YR 2023
FD 2023-02-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114673
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/114673
LA eng
NO Sánchez-Jiménez, R., Botezan, I., Barrasa-Rodríguez, J. et al. Gender imbalance in doctoral education: an analysis of the Spanish university system (1977–2021). Scientometrics 128, 2577–2599 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04648-y
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025