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Largest-ever study of journal editors highlights ‘self-publication’ and gender gap

Brian Owens · January 19, 2023 ·

Analysis shows that some researchers publish a considerable proportion of their own work in journals they edit.

The gender gap among senior journal editors is bigger than many people thought, and some editors publish a surprising number of their own papers in the journals that they edit, finds the first study to look at these issues over time across multiple disciplines. Read more in Nature.

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