Same-gender citations do not indicate a substantial gender homophily bias

Alexander Tekles, Katrin Auspurg and Lutz Bornmann

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-12

Abstract: Can the male citation advantage (more citations for papers written by male than female scientists) be explained by gender homophily bias, i.e., the preference of scientists to cite other scientists of the same gender category? Previous studies report much evidence that this is the case. However, the observed gender homophily bias may be overestimated by overlooking structural aspects such as the gender composition of research topics in which scientists specialize. When controlling for research topics at a high level of granularity, there is only little evidence for a gender homophily bias in citation decisions. Our study points out the importance of controlling structural aspects such as gendered specialization in research topics when investigating gender bias in science.

Date: 2022
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