| Title |
Gender differences and bias in open source: pull request acceptance of women versus men
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PeerJ Computer Science, May 2017
|
| DOI | 10.7717/peerj-cs.111 |
| Authors |
Josh Terrell, Andrew Kofink, Justin Middleton, Clarissa Rainear, Emerson Murphy-Hill, Chris Parnin, Jon Stallings |
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 179 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 88 | 10% |
| Spain | 38 | 4% |
| Australia | 23 | 3% |
| Germany | 18 | 2% |
| Canada | 17 | 2% |
| France | 14 | 2% |
| Ireland | 13 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1% |
| Other | 117 | 13% |
| Unknown | 355 | 41% |
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 726 | 83% |
| Scientists | 114 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 28 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | <1% |
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 229 | 97% |
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 49 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 15% |
| Researcher | 25 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 23 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 8% |
| Other | 42 | 18% |
| Unknown | 44 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 65 | 27% |
| Social Sciences | 33 | 14% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 15 | 6% |
| Psychology | 14 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 50 | 21% |
| Unknown | 49 | 21% |