(In)citing Action to Realize an Equitable Future
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Reference lists of neuroscience articles show marked gender imbalances. To mitigate this disparity, we discuss relevant ethical considerations and offer practical recommendations to scientists of all ages. We envision an equitable future by all scientists for all scientists.
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All LLM-generated introductions on a certain topic might sound the same and would contain the same set of ideas and references, thereby missing out on innovations and exacerbating citation injustice.
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- Authors
- Dworkin, J., Zurn, P., & Bassett, D. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- American University (US)
- Santa Fe Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bassett, Danielle S.
- Venue
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 890-894
- ISSN
- 0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3036739736
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 5
- FWCI
- 18.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Neuron (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- American University Research Archive
- Funders
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- ISI Foundation
- NSF (PHY-1554488)
- Center for Curiosity
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Career Development and Diversity
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- gender imbalance, gender equity, research ethics, women in science
- MeSH terms
- Female, Humans, Male, Neurosciences, Periodicals as Topic, Publishing, Research, Women
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