Citation dice are loaded

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1093/icon/moad036

Urška Šadl

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Dear Editors, The article by Rosalind Dixon and Mila Versteeg in this issue (21:2), titled “Unsexing Citations: Closing the Gender Gap in Global Public Law,” asks whether citation patterns in I•CON reflect the gender composition of the ICON•S community, the scholars publishing in I•CON, or those reading I•CON. Differently put, do cross citations reveal a gender bias in the academia? The authors convincingly demonstrate that—as Leonard Cohen puts it—the dice are loaded. The article is sobering in showing how prima facie unbiased (gender-neutral) practices and routines perpetuate (gender) bias. It is provocative, in part attributing this fact to subtle advantages of informal, male-dominated networks. Finally, it is visceral in highlighting the academic merit-independent drivers of academic success. I applaud I•CON for sticking its neck out for the cause. Supposing that debate can encourage a healthier (more equal) academic life(style), let me contrast the conclusions of “Unsexing Citations” with the conclusions of an article by David Card et al., “Are Referees and Editors in Economics Gender Neutral?” published in 2020 in the Quarterly Journal of Economics (vol. 135, at 269).

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亲爱的编辑们:Rosalind Dixon和Mila Versteeg在本期(21点2分)发表的题为“Unsexing citation: Closing The Gender Gap in Global Public Law”的文章，询问I•CON中的引文模式是否反映了ICON•S社区、在I•CON上发表文章的学者或阅读I•CON的人的性别构成。换句话说，交叉引用是否揭示了学术界的性别偏见?两位作者令人信服地证明了——正如莱昂纳德•科恩所说——骰子已经装好了。这篇文章发人深省地展示了表面上无偏见(性别中立)的做法和惯例是如何使(性别)偏见永久化的。这是一种挑衅，部分归因于男性主导的非正式网络的微妙优势。最后，它发自内心地强调了学术成就与学术成绩无关的驱动因素。我为I•CON为这一事业挺身而出而鼓掌。假设辩论可以鼓励更健康(更平等)的学术生活(风格)，让我将“Unsexing引文”的结论与David Card等人的文章“经济学中的裁判和编辑是性别中立的吗?”的结论进行对比。，发表于2020年的《经济学季刊》(第135卷，第269页)。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.