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Earth and Space Science Collaboration During a Pandemic: An Analysis of AGU Journal Submissions and AGU Fall Meeting Abstract Authors, 2018-2020
  • Paige Wooden,
  • Brooks Hanson
Paige Wooden
American Geophysical Union

Corresponding Author:pwooden@agu.org

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Brooks Hanson
American Geophysical Union
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Abstract

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has extensive journal submission and annual meeting abstract data that we can use to study effects within the Earth and space science (E&SS) community. We had provided an initial analysis based on data through June of 2020 (Wooden, 2020), and here we provide journal submission data analysis through October 2020 and analyze author team demographics of both journal submissions and our annual Fall Meeting abstracts. This most recent analysis shows: 1) Monthly journal article submissions have increased in 2020, while the proportion submitted by women have remained at 23% with monthly fluctuations of +/- 1-3 points. 2) 2020 journal article submissions from China surpassed those from the U.S. in every month except April. However, AGU Fall Meeting abstracts from China decreased 57% compared to last year. 3) Submissions from men and women in their 20s decreased while submissions from women in their 30s and 50s and men in their 40s increased. 4) Among journal articles and meeting abstracts, average author team size has increased; the proportion of mixed gender teams have increased while all-male teams have decreased. All-female teams have remained steady. 5)The age of submitting abstract authors has decreased but surprisingly with a smaller proportion of students submitting and a larger proportion of early-career researchers submitting abstracts.