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. 2020 Mar 17;117(11):5553-5555.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2001684117. Epub 2020 Mar 3.

Do the social roles that women and men occupy in science allow equal access to publication?

Alice H Eagly  1
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Do the social roles that women and men occupy in science allow equal access to publication?

Alice H Eagly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Percentages of men and women among respondents reporting as primary work activities: research and development, managing or supervising people, or teaching. Respondents are US-trained science, engineering, and health doctorate holders residing in the United States in 1997 and 2017. Data from ref. .
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