Franklin, RS, Houlden, V orcid.org/0000-0003-2300-2976, Robinson, C et al. (5 more authors) (2021) Who Counts? Gender, Gatekeeping, and Quantitative Human Geography. Professional Geographer, 73 (1). pp. 48-61. ISSN 0033-0124
Abstract
How academic disciplines are represented and reproduced is a charged issue. In geography in particular, the challenge is not only who counts, especially with regard to gender and other factors, but also how the boundaries of the discipline are drawn and which subfields are acknowledged. This article contributes to both aspects of the discussion by extending recent research on gender, internationalization, and academic gatekeeping to additional subfields of human geography. In particular, we focus on the demographic structure and international diversity of the editorial teams of flagship quantitative geography journals. We find that women are underrepresented in our sample, with shares ranging from 23.1 to 43.5 percent—numbers unfortunately comparable to many other geography journals. We also find that career stage is an important factor and that our sample is more international and less Anglophone than the disciplinary norm. We conclude by emphasizing the importance of attending to issues of inclusive gatekeeping in geography and elsewhere.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 by American Association of Geographers. This is an author produced version of an article published in Professional Geographer. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Academia, gender, geography, publication, quantitative methods |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2022 09:50 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2022 11:02 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/00330124.2020.1828944 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187995 |