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Three US studies shed light on efforts to increase diversity in academic hiring and on differences between female and male scientists' publication rates and salaries. One study finds that female PhD holders in the United States submit and publish fewer manuscripts, including as first author, than do men. The study found lower submission and publication rates for women in physical sciences and engineering; natural and biological sciences; and applied health and social sciences (S. T. Lubienski et al. Educ. Res. http://doi.org/cgsb; 2017). The authors analysed 1,285 responses to a survey given...