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Nepotism and sexism in peer review

Christine Wenneras - Goteborg University - Co-Author of "Nepotism and Sexism in Peer-Review"

Language of the session: English

Several studies have shown that both women and men rate the quality of men’s work higher than that of women when they are aware of the sex of the person to be evaluated, but not when the same person s gender is unknown. The development of peer review systems with some built-in resistance to the weaknesses of human nature is therefore of high priority. If this is not done, a large pool of promising talent will be wasted.