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Press releaseVerbal or numerical? How report cards change parents' views of their children's school skills

A new study by BiB shows that most parents overestimate their children's school skills. Written assessments in report cards have little effect on this, whereas grades have a stronger impact on parents.

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Scientific JournalsVom Alleinautor zum gemischten Doppel? Geschlecht, Status und Sichtbarkeit in der Publikationspraxis führender deutscher Soziologiezeitschriften

Trappe, Heike; Milewski, Nadja (2023)

Best, Henning; Kusche, Isabel; Röhl, Tobias; Scheele, Alexandra; Schulz-Schaeffer, Ingo; Teney, Céline (Eds.): Zeitschrift für Soziologie 52(3). Oldenbourg: De Gruyter: 227–246

DOI: 10.1515/zfsoz-2023-2020

This paper analyzes the publication practices of the Zeitschrift für Soziologie and the Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, taking into account gender-typical developments since the mid-1990s. The background is the change in social science publishing that has occurred parallel with an increase in the share of women in the social sciences. Drawing on explanations of gender segregation in organizations, we describe women’s participation in the publication of research articles and book reviews, as well as in peer review and editorial boards, based on a self-compiled data set. Despite considerable progress in increasing their visibility, women are not yet represented in all functional groups in proportion to their expected share. As editors and as authors of research articles they were most successful, and in the latter, collaborations with men proved beneficial.