Longitudinal and cross-sectional study of registered nurses in Sweden who undertake a PhD showing that nurses continue to publish in English after their PhD but male nurses are more productive than female nurses

A review of 649 PhDs undertaken by Swedish nurses and midwives found no evidence that they stop publishing in English after their PhD. The proportion of 70% for any publication in English was similar to that of MDs. A higher proportion of male than female nurses were high publishers of six or more (...

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Published in:Scientometrics 2011-05, Vol.87 (2), p.337-345
Main Authors: Breimer, Lars H., Leksell, Janeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics. Scientometrics
Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation
Computer Science
Demographics
Differences
Exact sciences and technology
External examiners
Gender
Gender differences
Health and Welfare
Hälsa och välfärd
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Information Storage and Retrieval
Library and information science. General aspects
Library Science
Nurses
Nurses and midwives
PhD
Publication output
Publication pattern
Scholarly publishing
Sciences and techniques of general use
Sweden
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Summary:A review of 649 PhDs undertaken by Swedish nurses and midwives found no evidence that they stop publishing in English after their PhD. The proportion of 70% for any publication in English was similar to that of MDs. A higher proportion of male than female nurses were high publishers of six or more (52% vs. 23%) and eight or more papers (44% vs. 14%) in a 5 year period. The standard of the PhDs of Swedish nurses was comparable to those of other biomedical PhDs and was consistent in pattern over the past two decades. The gender pattern of external examiners of female nurses evolved in that 1992–94, 75% were men, during 1996–97, 54% were men and from 2000 onwards 46% were men. Nurses were examined by foreign examiners in 20% of examinations. They came primarily from Norway and USA.
ISSN:0138-9130
1588-2861
1588-2861
DOI:10.1007/s11192-010-0325-2