{"683122":{"#nid":"683122","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Despite Equal Publication Success in Climate Science, Women Leave the Field Earlier Than Men","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA study led by a Georgia Tech researcher analyzing more than a century of climate science publications has found that women in the field are just as productive and successful as their male peers. However, they tend to have shorter careers and therefore fewer total publications.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAccording to the study, women are 90% as likely as men to maintain their careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research offers one of the deepest looks at publications and gender dynamics in climate science. The field is unique because it blends male-dominated areas of study \u2014 geosciences and engineering \u2014 with those that are majority-women, including sociology, public health, and life sciences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study examined more than 400,000 publications between 1903 and 2018. The findings don\u2019t include topics such as\u0026nbsp;salaries, number of women in the field, or tenure rates.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/despite-equal-publication-success-climate-science-women-leave-field-earlier-men\u0022\u003ERead the entire story on the College of Engineering news page.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"A century-long analysis of publication data looks at the gender dynamics in a field that combines male- and female-dominated focus areas. "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA study led by a Georgia Tech researcher analyzing more than a century of climate science publications has found that women in the field are just as productive and successful as their male peers. However, they tend to have shorter careers and therefore fewer total publications.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAccording to the study, women are 90% as likely as men to maintain their careers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A study has found that women in climate science are just as productive and successful as their male peers when it comes to journal publications, but are 90% as likely as men to maintain their careers."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2025-07-14 16:54:55","changed_gmt":"2025-07-15 18:47:36","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677408":{"id":"677408","type":"image","title":"Papers-Science-AdobeStock_1560880670.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1752513718","gmt_created":"2025-07-14 17:21:58","changed":"1752513718","gmt_changed":"2025-07-14 17:21:58","alt":"image of papers floating among lights (illustration)","file":{"fid":"261303","name":"Papers-Science-AdobeStock_1560880670.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/14\/Papers-Science-AdobeStock_1560880670.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/07\/14\/Papers-Science-AdobeStock_1560880670.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3287409,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/07\/14\/Papers-Science-AdobeStock_1560880670.jpeg?itok=wNao-E4c"}}},"media_ids":["677408"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188776","name":"go-research"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering Communications\u003Cbr\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}