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More women than ever are starting careers in science

But a study of the publications of millions of researchers also suggests that women are less likely to continue their academic careers than their male counterparts.
  1. Katharine Sanderson

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Women are more likely to start a research career now than they were 20 years ago, reveals a longitudinal study of the publishing records of millions of researchers around the world. But they are less likely to continue their academic careers than are their male contemporaries, and in general publish fewer papers.

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Nature 596, 177 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02147-9

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  1. Boekhout, H., van der Weijden, I. & Waltman, L. Preprint at https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.12624 (2021).

  2. Squazzoni, F. et al. Sci. Adv. 7, eabd0299 (2021).

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