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Peer review and gender bias: A study on 145 scholarly journals

188 Citations2021
Flaminio Squazzoni, Giangiacomo Bravo, Mike Farjam

Findings suggest that peer review and editorial processes do not penalize manuscripts by women, and increasing gender diversity in editorial teams and referee pools could help journals inform potential authors about their attention to these factors and so stimulate participation by women.

Abstract

<jats:p>No evidence that women are penalized in peer review and editorial processes, finds study on 145 journals in multiple disciplines.</jats:p>