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September 2, 2026Feminist Anthropology0 citations

Gendered Publication and Citation Patterns in Biological Anthropology Over a Century

Gendered publication patterns in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology over a century (1918–2024): A bibliometric analysis

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VCVanessa Campanacho

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Bibliometric analysis reveals persistent gender disparities in senior authorship and citations in biological anthropology, highlighting structural barriers to academic advancement.

Key Points

  • To evaluate long-term trends in gendered publication and citation patterns among first and last authors in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology over a 106-year span.
  • Conducted a bibliometric analysis evaluating publication and citation records from the American Journal of Biological Anthropology spanning 1918 to 2024.
  • Categorized and tracked author gender specifically for first-author and last-author positions across publication years to examine career stage dynamics.
  • Across the century-long dataset, women published and were cited significantly less than men overall, though female first authors have published and been cited more frequently than men since 2020.
  • Men consistently maintained significantly higher publication rates as senior (last) authors throughout the entire study period.
  • Senior authors of both genders collaborated more frequently with male first authors, and articles with men occupying both first and last author positions received the highest citation counts.

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Vanessa Campanacho (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e305c562ede874ec786fhttps://doi.org/10.1002/fea2.70071
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