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Aug 23
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Gender gap in chemistry journals hasn’t improved in 15 years

The percentages of female first and corresponding authors of papers in chemistry journals haven’t increased in the last decade and a half...

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Bias against women absent in peer review, analysis finds

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Apr 15
1 min

Bias against women absent in peer review, analysis finds

Manuscripts authored by women and men are treated similarly during peer review, finds a new study of more than 760,000 reviews of nearly ...

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In decision certain to draw fire, journal will publish heavily criticized paper on gender difference

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Nov 1, 2019
1 min

In decision certain to draw fire, journal will publish heavily criticized paper on gender difference

In a move likely to attract criticism, a peer-reviewed journal has agreed to publish an Italian physicist’s highly contested analysis of ...

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Female authors listed on just 30% of recent UK academic research

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

May 15, 2019
1 min

Female authors listed on just 30% of recent UK academic research

Women are listed as authors of just 30% of academic research from British universities, according to a major new ranking of higher educat...

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Huge peer-review study reveals lack of women and non-Westerners

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Sep 18, 2018
1 min

Huge peer-review study reveals lack of women and non-Westerners

Women are inadequately represented as peer reviewers, journal editors and last authors of studies, according to an analysis of manuscript...

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Female researchers add their superiors as authors

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Dec 15, 2017
1 min

Female researchers add their superiors as authors

One in three scholars across a wide range of natural and social science fields admit to including unjustifiable co-authors to their publi...

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The quest to reveal science’s hidden female faces

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Mar 8, 2017
1 min

The quest to reveal science’s hidden female faces

A project that aims to increase visibility of scientists from under-represented groups is gaining support online. Its goals include addin...

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Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Jul 5, 2016
1 min

Men cite themselves more than women do

Men cite their own papers 56% more than women on average, according to an analysis of 1.5 million studies published between 1779 and 2011...

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Gender gap in chemistry journals hasn’t improved in 15 years

Bias against women absent in peer review, analysis finds

In decision certain to draw fire, journal will publish heavily criticized paper on gender difference

Female authors listed on just 30% of recent UK academic research

Huge peer-review study reveals lack of women and non-Westerners

Female researchers add their superiors as authors

The quest to reveal science’s hidden female faces

Men cite themselves more than women do