(26 Mar 2024) Media attention can boost a scientist’s career, bringing them prestige and making it easier to attract collaborators and students. But there are disparities in who gets named in news stories about scientific research, according to a new study: Scientists with East Asian and African names are less likely to be mentioned or quoted in stories that reference their work.
For individual scientists, having their name mentioned “is very meaningful,” says study lead author Hao Peng, a postdoc at Northwestern University who himself has been left out of high-profile news coverage that featured his work. “It matters for career progression, for academic recognition, and also in some cases for career mobility for foreign scientists.”
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