Same-gender citations do not indicate a substantial gender homophily bias

• Alexander Tekles ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alexander.tekles.extern@gv.mpg.de

  Affiliations Department of Sociology, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, Science Policy and Strategy Department, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8765-9331

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• Katrin Auspurg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sociology, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Lutz Bornmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Science Policy and Strategy Department, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany

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