Who benefits from altmetrics? The effect of team gender composition on the link between online visibility and citation impact
Orsolya V\'as\'arhelyi, Em\H{o}ke-\'Agnes Horv\'at

TL;DR
This study investigates how online visibility influences citation impact differently for male and female research teams across various scientific fields, revealing gendered patterns and potential avenues to reduce citation disparities.
Contribution
It introduces a quasi-experimental approach to analyze the interaction between team gender composition, online visibility, and citation impact across multiple research areas.
Findings
Online visibility increases citation counts across fields.
Gender composition interacts with visibility differently in each research area.
Results highlight gendered citation patterns and inform strategies to reduce disparities.
Abstract
Online science dissemination has quickly become crucial in promoting scholars' work. Recent literature has demonstrated a lack of visibility for women's research, where women's articles receive fewer academic citations than men's. The informetric and scientometric community has briefly examined gender-based inequalities in online visibility. However, the link between online sharing of scientific work and citation impact for teams with different gender compositions remains understudied. Here we explore whether online visibility is helping women overcome the gender-based citation penalty. Our analyses cover the three broad research areas of Computer Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences, which have different gender representation, adoption of online science dissemination practices, and citation culture. We create a quasi-experimental setting by applying Coarsened Exact Matching, which…
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Topicsscientometrics and bibliometrics research · Wikis in Education and Collaboration · Digital Games and Media
