Women rival men in scientific research publications and citations

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Shorter science careers set women back

Male and female scientists have similar rates of publication and citation, when controlling for the difference in their career lengths. An analysis of the publishing careers of almost 8 million scientists from 1900 to 2016 finds that women tend to have shorter careers — and the gap is growing. “Women are pretty similar to men, as long as they stay in the system and do not drop out,” says computational social scientist Roberta Sinatra.

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