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Largest-ever study of journal editors highlights ‘self-publication’ and gender gap

Analysis shows that some researchers publish a considerable proportion of their own work in journals they edit.
  1. Brian Owens
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The gender gap among senior journal editors is bigger than many people thought, and some editors publish a surprising number of their own papers in the journals that they edit, finds the first study to look at these issues over time across multiple disciplines.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00129-7

Read the related News & Views: ‘Self-publishing is common among academic-journal editors’.

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  1. Liu, F., Holme, P., Chiesa, M. & Rahwan, T. Nature Hum. Behav. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01498-1 (2023).

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