Gender differences in recommendation letters for postdoctoral fellowships in geoscience

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Kuheli Dutt
Danielle L. Pfaff
Ariel F. Bernstein
Joseph S. Dillard
Caryn J. Block
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[1] Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University,
[2] Teachers College,undefined
[3] Columbia University,undefined
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Nature Geoscience | 2016年 / 9卷
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Gender disparities in science are well documented. An analysis of 1,224 recommendation letters from 54 countries for geoscience postdoctoral fellowships reveals that women are half as likely to receive an excellent letter as men.
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