Most-cited scientists: still mostly men, but the gender gap is closing (IMAGE)

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Most-cited scientists: still mostly men, but the gender gap is closing

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The proportion of authors who are women among those who are the most cited ones, demonstrating how this proportion has increased over time (according to when a scientist published their first paper).

 

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Ioannidis JPA, et al., 2023, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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