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Study Reveals Gender Disparity in Retraction Authors

11/20/2025

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Women accounted for only 23% of authors in nearly 900 retracted papers from 2008 to 2017.
The study, published November 19 in PLoS ONE, was led by Paul Sebo of the University of Geneva and used an AI tool to infer gender.
The study found women occupied 16.5% of first-author and 12.7% of last-author positions, a finding noted by Paul Sebo.

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Women accounted for only 23% of authors in nearly 900 retracted papers from 2008 to 2017.
The study, published November 19 in PLoS ONE, was led by Paul Sebo of the University of Geneva and used an AI tool to infer gender.
The study found women occupied 16.5% of first-author and 12.7% of last-author positions, a finding noted by Paul Sebo.