Opinion: Gender diversity leads to better science

Affiliations

¹ History of Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305; mwn@stanford.edu.
² School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, University of California, Merced, CA 95340.
³ Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
⁴ Science, Technology, and Society, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
⁵ Triple Helix Association, Torino 10152, Italy.
⁶ Global Academic Relations, Elsevier, New York, NY 10169.
⁷ School of Professional Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60208.
⁸ Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801.
⁹ School of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.
¹⁰ Institute for Social Science Research, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.
¹¹ Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
¹² History of Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

Mathias Wullum Nielsen et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017.

. 2017 Feb 21;114(8):1740-1742.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1700616114.

¹ History of Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305; mwn@stanford.edu.
² School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, University of California, Merced, CA 95340.
³ Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
⁴ Science, Technology, and Society, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
⁵ Triple Helix Association, Torino 10152, Italy.
⁶ Global Academic Relations, Elsevier, New York, NY 10169.
⁷ School of Professional Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60208.
⁸ Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801.
⁹ School of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.
¹⁰ Institute for Social Science Research, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.
¹¹ Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
¹² History of Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

Erratum in

Correction for Nielsen et al., Opinion: Gender diversity leads to better science.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Mar 28;114(13):E2796. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1703146114. Epub 2017 Mar 13. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. PMID: 28289199 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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