PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Manrique, Pedro AU - Cao, Zhenfeng AU - Gabriel, Andrew AU - Horgan, John AU - Gill, Paul AU - Qi, Hong AU - Restrepo, Elvira M. AU - Johnson, Daniela AU - Wuchty, Stefan AU - Song, Chaoming AU - Johnson, Neil TI - Women’s connectivity in extreme networks AID - 10.1126/sciadv.1501742 DP - 2016 Jun 01 TA - Science Advances PG - e1501742 VI - 2 IP - 6 4099 - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/6/e1501742.short 4100 - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/6/e1501742.full SO - Sci Adv2016 Jun 01; 2 AB - A popular stereotype is that women will play more minor roles than men as environments become more dangerous and aggressive. Our analysis of new longitudinal data sets from offline and online operational networks [for example, ISIS (Islamic State)] shows that although men dominate numerically, women emerge with superior network connectivity that can benefit the underlying system’s robustness and survival. Our observations suggest new female-centric approaches that could be used to affect such networks. They also raise questions about how individual contributions in high-pressure systems are evaluated.