Racial and gender disparities in publishing start early for doctors and scientists | Science | AAAS

For students aiming to establish research careers, publications are crucial. Now, two new studies reveal racial and gender disparities in student publication rates, adding to the ways that inequities in academia manifest early in careers. Women medical students publish less than men, despite reporting a similar number of “research experiences” in their residency applications, according to a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open. Among approximately 30,000 medical school graduates who matriculated from accredited U.S. medical schools between 2014 and 2016, white men had higher publication rates than white women and both men and women from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. (Sex was self-reported in medical school applications, and the data did not allow the authors to include nonbinary identities.) Women from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups had the lowest publication rate, and Asian students had the highest, driven by men. “It’s critical for us to really under

For students aiming to establish research careers, publications are crucial. Now, two new studies reveal racial and gender disparities in student publication rates, adding to the ways that inequities in academia manifest early in careers. Women medical students publish less than men, despite reporting a similar number of “research experiences” in their residency applications, according to a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open. Among approximately 30,000 medical school graduates who matriculated from accredited U.S. medical schools between 2014 and 2016, white men had higher publicat