Science Policy & Equity
Leading the Field: The Bibliometric Case for Gender-Inclusive Research Leadership in STEM
Recent bibliometric analyses are producing a counterintuitive finding that demands serious institutional attention: research teams with women in leadership positions are generating publications with measurably higher citation impact than their counterparts, even as structural barriers continue to limit women's representation at the senior levels of American academia. This analysis examines the data, interrogates the mechanisms behind the trend, and argues that evidence-based reforms to hiring, f