Nature Human Behaviour

, volume 4 , issue 9 , pages 880-883

Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists

Kyle R Myers ^{1, 2}

Wei Yang Tham ^{1, 2}

Yian Yin ^{3, 4, 5}

Nina Cohodes ^{2, 6}

Jerry G. Thursby ^{2, 7}

Marie C. Thursby ^{2, 8}

Peter Schiffer ⁹

Joseph T. Walsh ^{5, 10}

Karim R. Lakhani ^{1, 2, 6}

Dashun Wang ^{3, 4, 5, 11}

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Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, USA |

Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, Harvard University, Boston, USA |

Center for Science of Science and Innovation, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA |

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Northwestern Institute On Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA |

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McCORMICK School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA |

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Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Boston, USA |

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TyGeron Institute, Nashville, USA |

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Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA |

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Department of Applied Physics and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, USA |

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University of Illinois System, Urbana, USA |

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Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-07-15

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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-020-0921-y

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Abstract

COVID-19 has not affected all scientists equally. A survey of principal investigators indicates that female scientists, those in the ‘bench sciences’ and, especially, scientists with young children experienced a substantial decline in time devoted to research. This could have important short- and longer-term effects on their careers, which institution leaders and funders need to address carefully.

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Myers K. R. et al. Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists // Nature Human Behaviour. 2020. Vol. 4. No. 9. pp. 880-883.

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Myers K. R., Tham W. Y., Yin Y., Cohodes N., Thursby J. G., Thursby M. C., Schiffer P., Walsh J. T., Lakhani K. R., Wang D. Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists // Nature Human Behaviour. 2020. Vol. 4. No. 9. pp. 880-883.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1038/s41562-020-0921-y

UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0921-y

TI - Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists

T2 - Nature Human Behaviour

AU - Myers, Kyle R

AU - Tham, Wei Yang

AU - Yin, Yian

AU - Cohodes, Nina

AU - Thursby, Jerry G.

AU - Thursby, Marie C.

AU - Schiffer, Peter

AU - Walsh, Joseph T.

AU - Lakhani, Karim R.

AU - Wang, Dashun

PY - 2020

DA - 2020/07/15

PB - Springer Nature

SP - 880-883

IS - 9

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PMID - 32669671

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@article{2020_Myers,

author = {Kyle R Myers and Wei Yang Tham and Yian Yin and Nina Cohodes and Jerry G. Thursby and Marie C. Thursby and Peter Schiffer and Joseph T. Walsh and Karim R. Lakhani and Dashun Wang},

title = {Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists},

journal = {Nature Human Behaviour},

year = {2020},

volume = {4},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {jul},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0921-y},

number = {9},

pages = {880--883},

doi = {10.1038/s41562-020-0921-y}

}

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Myers, Kyle R., et al. “Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists.” Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 4, no. 9, Jul. 2020, pp. 880-883. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0921-y.

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Nature Human Behaviour

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5.537

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31.0

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15.9

ISSN

23973374 (Electronic)