摘要：The important components of the academic advancement process are different dimensions of research productivity. Despite the fact that female academics do advance,they do not advance as quickly and with as much ease as male academics. Several metrics have been used,namely "Total Number of Publications," "Total Number of Citations," the "H-index," "Research Funds Granted," and other similar ones. The current study thus uses the "H-index," "Citation Score," and "Research Funds Granted" to evaluate the research productivity level. Although there has been done much regarding assuring gender equality standards,female academics still face barriers in the promotion. The study,therefore,identifies gender differences and further examines the correlations of gender and academic position and research productivity, ascertaining the gender moderator effect. Thus,an independent t-test and a twoway ANOVA were conducted. The data were collected from the Sicris database and sorted according to gender and academic seniority for natural and social academic fields. The results did not show any statistically significant gender differences except for the "Research Funds Granted," which was statistically significantly higher for social science male academics compared to their female colleagues. When examining research productivity on both variables separately and controlling for academic seniority,statistically significant gender differences in the "Citation Score" were found within the natural science field. Research productivity differences narrow in the later stages of the academic career. However,a statistically significant moderator effect of the "Citation Score" and "H-index" was identified within the social science field. The research results thus indicate the existence of gender moderator effect of academic position and research productivity that might have implications for interventions since the career advancement seems to be friendlier for male academics.
关键词：Female Academics;Gender Equality;Research Productivity;H-index; Research Funds;Academic Seniority
