2020
DOI: 10.1101/2020.01.03.894378
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The extent and drivers of gender imbalance in neuroscience reference lists

Abstract: Like many scientific disciplines, neuroscience has increasingly attempted to confront pervasive gender imbalances within the field. While much of the conversation has centered around publishing and conference participation, recent research in other fields has called attention to the prevalence of gender bias in citation practices. Because of the downstream effects that citations can have on visibility and career advancement, understanding and eliminating gender bias in citation practices is vital for addressin… Show more

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“…Excluding self-citations to the first and senior authors of our current paper, the references contain 56% (n=32) man-man, 12.5% (n=7) man-woman, 17.5% (n=10) woman-man, and 14% (n=8) woman-woman. Expected proportions reported in Dworkin et al (2020) 70 for 5 high-impact neuroscience journals are, respectively: 58.4%, 9.4%, 25.5%, and 6.7%. We look forward to future work that could help us to better understand how to support equitable practices in science.…”
Section: Citation Diversity Statementmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…Excluding self-citations to the first and senior authors of our current paper, the references contain 56% (n=32) man-man, 12.5% (n=7) man-woman, 17.5% (n=10) woman-man, and 14% (n=8) woman-woman. Expected proportions reported in Dworkin et al (2020) 70 for 5 high-impact neuroscience journals are, respectively: 58.4%, 9.4%, 25.5%, and 6.7%. We look forward to future work that could help us to better understand how to support equitable practices in science.…”
Section: Citation Diversity Statementmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Recent work in neuroscience and other fields has identified a bias in citation practices such that papers from women and other minorities are under-cited relative to the number of such papers in the field [70][71][72] . Here we sought to proactively consider choosing references that reflect the diversity of the field in thought, form of contribution, gender, race, geographic location, and other factors.…”
Section: Citation Diversity Statementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent work in neuroscience and other fields has identified a bias in citation practices such that papers from women and other minorities are under-cited relative to the number of such papers in the field [80,81,82,83,84,85]. Here we sought to proactively consider choosing references that reflect the diversity of the field in thought, form of contribution, gender, and other factors.…”
Section: Citation Diversity Statementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Here we sought to proactively consider choosing references that reflect the diversity of the field in thought, form of contribution, gender, and other factors. We used automatic classification of gender based on the first names of the first and last authors [80], with possible combinations including male/male,…”
Section: Citation Diversity Statementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Citation Diversity Statement Recent work in neuroscience and other fields has identified a bias in citation practices such that papers from women and other minorities are under-cited relative to the number of such papers in the field [52][53][54] . Here we sought to proactively consider choosing references that reflect the diversity of the field in thought, form of contribution, gender, race, geographic location, and other factors.…”
Section: Citationsmentioning
confidence: 99%