Communications Physics (Sep 2022)

Supporting academic equity in physics through citation diversity

  • Perry Zurn,
  • Erin G. Teich,
  • Samantha C. Simon,
  • Jason Z. Kim,
  • Dani S. Bassett

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-00999-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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While gender disparities in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines are widely noted, the citation gap is still understudied and awareness remains low. Here, we address citation inequity in physics and describe individual and collective mitigation initiatives, including the citation diversity statement.