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The eminent developmental psychologist Uta Frith argues that the intense competition in science today is both lowering standards of published research and putting younger women scientists at a disadvantage. She says the pressure to publish as many research papers as possible in the so-called top, high impact journals favours male scientists over women at the critical stage in a scientific career. Slower science would be better for everyone. Uta Frith is a professor at University College London and the chair of the Royal Society’s Diversity Committee.

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