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There were no significant differences in citation numbers and self-citation numbers under the effect of sex after controlling published year in JACR and CE, but with CT, there was a Matilda Effect that articles with male first authors were cited more often than female first authors. An important finding is that journal significantly influenced the citations. Specifically, articles in CT were either cited or self-cited more often than those in JACR and CE. However, the proportion of female first authors did not increase over time, which is inconsistent with the results in previous studies.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. 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