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Women authors underrepresented among retracted medical papers

A study published in PLOS One found that women authors comprise just 16.5% of first authors in a dataset of 878 retracted medical papers, despite accounting for at least 41% of first authors across biomedical publications. Women were also underrepresented among last authors and had fewer multiple retractions.

SourcePLOS·JournalPLOS One·TypeObservational study·DateNov 19, 2025