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September 2018

Papers Written by Women Authors Are Cited Less Frequently, but the Etiology of this Finding is Complex

By Justin Esarey, Wake Forest University, and Kristin Bryant, Rice University

Synopsis

A recent symposium in Political Analysis, anchored around Dion, Sumner and Mitchell (2018), discusses their finding that articles authored by women are more likely to cite at least one paper authored by women. Our contribution to this symposium (Esarey and Bryant, 2018) noted that articles in the Dion, Sumner, and Mitchell (2018) data set with at least one female author are cited no more or less often...

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International Methods Colloquium: 2018-2019 Schedule!

By Justin Esarey

On behalf of the advisory board (Michelle Dion, Cassy Dorff, Jeff Harden, Dustin Tingley, and Chris Zorn), I am pleased to announce the schedule of International Methods Colloquium series talks for the 2018-2019 academic year!

The International Methods Colloquium (IMC) is a weekly seminar series of methodology-related talks and roundtable discussions focusing on political methodology; the series is supported by Wake Forest University and was previously supported by Rice University and a grant from the National Science Foundation. The IMC is free to...

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