Japan requires name change after marriage – big effects on female scientists

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02081-0

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CatladyX@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

one of my professors at the university told us women to not change our names because "it'll affect your citations" and apparently he was right

Flubo@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y

Thats what they invented orcid for didnt they? So your citations are linked to a number as well and not only your Name. Citations are also a Problem when you have a very common first and last Name....

That said its not cool that the government forces Thema to change.