{
  "id": "anthropic-sitemap:research:coding-agents-social-sciences",
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Coding agents in the social sciences",
  "abstract": "- _We present results from a survey of 1,260 social scientists about AI and coding agent use, fielded in February and March 2026._ - _The vast majority of respondents (81%) have tried using AI chatbots in research, particularly for writing code and editing prose. But only 20% have adopted coding agents—tools like Claude Code that autonomously write and execute analysis code—into their work._ - _There are sharp disparities in use of coding agents. Twice as many researchers with typically male names use coding agents as those with female names. Researchers at top universities are 40% more likely than others to use coding agents._ - _Users of coding agents post more working papers and grant proposals than others in the same discipline and career stage, but this could reflect pre-existing differences among early adopters._ - _Researchers are more optimistic about AI helping write publishable papers than about the effects of AI on the social sciences as a whole._",
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2026,
        5,
        27
      ]
    ]
  },
  "URL": "https://www.anthropic.com/research/coding-agents-social-sciences",
  "publisher": "Anthropic",
  "source": "vendor/anthropic-sitemap/research/coding-agents-social-sciences.md"
}