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.