UW News
Elena Erosheva
August 29, 2023
Researchers prefer same-gender co-authors, UW study shows
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A new study from the University of Washington and Cornell University shows researchers more likely to write scientific papers with co-authors of the same gender, a pattern that can’t be explained by varying gender representations across scientific disciplines and time.