Gu, Zijin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0385-2677
Jamison, Keith
Sabuncu, Mert
Kuceyeski, Amy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-8342
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS10264)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (MH123232)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | U.S. National Library of Medicine (LM012719)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (AG053949)
NSF | Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering | Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (1748377)
NSF | BIO | Division of Biological Infrastructure (1707312)
Cornell/Weill Cornell Intercampus Pilot Grant
Article History
Received: 15 May 2022
Accepted: 5 December 2022
First Online: 17 December 2022
Citation gender diversity statement
: Recent work in several fields of science has identified a bias in citation practices such that papers from women and other minorities are under-cited relative to the number of such papers in the field<sup>46</sup>. Here we sought to proactively consider choosing references that reflect the diversity of the field in thought, form of contribution, gender, and other factors. We obtained predicted gender of the first and last author of each reference by using databases that store the probability of a name being carried by a woman<sup>46</sup>. By this measure (and excluding self-citations to the first and last authors of our current paper), our references contain 5.12% woman(first)/woman(last), 26.37% man/woman, 15.48% woman/man, and 53.02% man/man. This method is limited in that (a) names, pronouns, and social media profiles used to construct the databases may not, in every case, be indicative of gender identity, and (b) it cannot account for intersex, non-binary, or transgender people. We look forward to future work that could help us to better understand how to support equitable practices in science.
: The authors declare no competing interests.