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“Promotion and self-promotion”

“Promotion and self-promotion,” The Economist, August 31, 2013

http://www.economist.com/news/science- and-technology/21584316-women-may-fail- win-chairs-because-they-do-not-cite- themselves-enough-promotion?fsrc=scn/ tw_ec/promotion_and_self_promotion

[This article discusses a suggestion, by Barbara Walter of the University of California, San Diego, that female academicians are less likely than male academicians to cite their own previous publications when they publish. She suggests that this imbalance makes it harder for women to advance professionally.]