Approaches to address bias in letters of recommendation.

Trends Pharmacol Sci

Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address:

Published: June 2023

Letters of recommendation are ubiquitous in the research enterprise. Requesting, writing, and reviewing letters of recommendation are all fraught with bias, especially for individuals from groups historically excluded from research environments. We detail how letter reviewers, requesters, and writers can make letters of recommendation a more equitable tool to evaluate scientists.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2023.03.002DOI Listing

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