In the field of neuroscience, despite the fact that the proportion of peer-reviewed publications authored by women has increased in recent decades, the proportion of citations of women-led publications has not seen a commensurate increase: In five broad-scope journals, citations of articles first- and/or last-authored by women have been shown to be fewer than would be expected if gender was not a factor in citation decisions [Dworkin, J. D., Linn, K. A., Teich, E. G., Zurn, P., Shinohara, R. T., & Bassett, D. S. The extent and drivers of gender imbalance in neuroscience reference lists. Nature Neuroscience, 23, 918–926, 2020]. Given the important implications that such underrepresentation may have on the careers of women researchers, it is important to determine whether this same trend is true in subdisciplines of the field, where interventions might be more targeted. Here, we report the results of an extension of the analyses carried out by Dworkin et al. (2020) to citation patterns in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. The results indicate that the underrepresentation of women-led publications in reference sections is also characteristic of articles published in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience over the past decade. Furthermore, this pattern of citation imbalances is present regardless of author gender, implicating systemic factors. These results contribute to the growing body of evidence that intentional action is needed to address inequities in the way that we carry out and communicate our science.

在神经科学领域，尽管近几十年来由女性撰写的同行评审出版物的比例有所增加，但女性主导的出版物的引用比例并未出现相应的增长：在五种广泛的期刊中，引用如果性别不是引用决定的一个因素，女性第一作者和/或最后作者的文章数量已被证明少于预期 [Dworkin, JD, Linn, KA, Teich, EG, Zurn, P., Shinohara , RT, & Bassett, DS 神经科学参考列表中性别失衡的程度和驱动因素。自然神经科学, 23, 918–926, 2020]。鉴于这种代表性不足可能对女性研究人员的职业生涯产生的重要影响，重要的是要确定在该领域的子学科中是否存在同样的趋势，在这些子学科中干预可能更有针对性。在这里，我们报告了 Dworkin 等人进行的分析扩展的结果。(2020) 到《认知神经科学杂志》中的引用模式。结果表明，女性主导的出版物在参考部分中的代表性不足也是发表在《认知神经科学杂志》上的文章的特征在过去的十年。此外，无论作者性别如何，这种引用不平衡的模式都存在，涉及系统因素。这些结果有助于越来越多的证据表明需要采取有意识的行动来解决我们开展和传播科学的方式中的不公平现象。