Resources
- The Rise of Citation Justice (Data information)On page 570 of this article, there is a graph showing that men are over-cited and women are under-cited in over 270,000 papers published between 2009 and 2018 in the top five neuroscience journals. A study conducted in 2020 by Dani Bassett, a physicist at the University of Pennsylvania, revealed that while the number of papers with women listed as the first and last authors was slowly increasing over time, the citation gap was actually growing wider.
- Inclusive and Antiracist Writing OverviewKeep this in mind: Use these resources to help you stay focused and intentional as you approach your thinking, research, writing, revision, and publication.
- APA Style: Racial and Ethnic IdentityAPA style encourages writers to address issues of racial and ethnic identity in a respectful and inclusive manner.
Tools
These links will direct you to tools for tracking citations and examining author diversity within your research.
Citation Diversity Statement Examples
When incorporating critical citation into your research, a common practice is to include a citation diversity statement in your paper. The following articles showcase various examples of this practice. For instance, Example #1 contains a section that outlines the factors to be taken into account when crafting a citation diversity statement.
Example 1:
Zurn, P., Teich, E. G., Simon, S. C., Kim, J. Z., & Bassett, D. S. (2022). Supporting academic equity in physics through citation diversity. Communications Physics, 5(1), 1-5, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-00999-9
Example 2:
Sweet, D. (2022, January 31). The inclusion and diversity statement – one year on. CellPress. https://www.cell.com/news-do/inclusion-and-diversity-statement-update-2022
