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Addressing the “Hidden Curriculum” in Political Science Publishing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2023

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Brit Anlar*
Affiliation:
Rutgers University–New Brunswick, USA
Hannah Phillips
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Corresponding author: Brit Anlar; Email: brs109@polisci.rutgers.edu
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Across the academy, there is growing concern over diversity within academic institutions. According to recent research published in three top political science journals, members of historically marginalized groups remain underrepresented and marginalized in submissions, publications, and even reviewer pools (Ayoub 2022; Bell et al. 2020; Reinhardt, Windsor, and King 2022). Expectations that scholars, especially early career researchers (ECRs), “publish or perish” thus exacerbate intersectional inequalities within the discipline (Briscoe-Palmer and Mattocks 2021; McKenzie 2017; Steinþórsdóttir et al. 2018). Further, the overwhelming pressure to publish at all costs can commodify knowledge production and foster a toxic, competitive environment based on peer rivalry rather than collaboration for the sake of advancing knowledge (Horta and Li 2023, 269–70, 271–72).

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Critical Perspectives Article
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Politics & Gender , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , June 2023 , pp. 611 - 615
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association

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