The gender gap in physics remains substantial, with men continuing to dominate research networks. A recent study highlights how collaboration and citation practices contribute to this divide. Senior male physicists tend to collaborate with early-career men rather than women, impeding young female physicists' integration into established networks. This bias underscores a critical challenge in achieving gender equality within the field. Examining the Dynamics of the Gender Gap in Physics Researchers analyzed over 668,000 papers published by the American...