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Huge study documents gender gap in chemistry publishing

Analysis finds female-led papers are more likely to be rejected, and less likely to be cited, than those with male corresponding authors.
  1. Quirin Schiermeier
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Women are less likely to get papers accepted for publication in chemistry journals than their male colleagues are, an analysis of more than 700,000 manuscripts submitted to the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has found.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03438-y

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