The chances of female researchers being promoted to professors are 19.1% lower in human sciences, 49.6% in science and engineering, and 29.0% lower in medicine and biology than male researchers, according to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. A survey by the Policy Research Institute revealed.The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy believes that Japanese universities tend to underestimate female researchers.
The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy uses the researcher database provided by the Japan Science and Technology Agency to determine the number of achievements and academic societies such as the number of papers, books published, and competitive funding of each researcher, and study abroad at overseas universities. , The influence of work experience on promotion was analyzed.
According to the report, female researchers became professors faster than male researchers in some of the early promotion, but others were far behind men.It is analyzed that although the university reform has promoted the active participation of women, it did not bring about a significant change in the policy effect.
The biggest impact on research achievements was the acquisition of competitive funding, which had a positive impact on the number of papers and books, but not on the number of conference presentations.The award history was not influenced by the humanities and social sciences, but it supported promotion in science and engineering, medicine, and biology.
Obtaining a bachelor's degree at an overseas university raises the probability of being promoted to a professor in the humanities and social sciences by 32.4%, but work experience at an overseas university or research core was hardly taken into consideration.
