What's in a name? Gender and ethnic bias in letters of recommendation by large language models.
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- 10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101853
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- 2026 Aug
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101853,
title = {What's in a name? Gender and ethnic bias in letters of recommendation by large language models.},
author = {Johnson S and Rai S and Saleh Y and Greek A and Levy G and Yanagawa B},
year = {2026},
journal = {JTCVS open},
doi = {10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101853},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101853}
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TY - JOUR TI - What's in a name? Gender and ethnic bias in letters of recommendation by large language models. AU - Johnson S AU - Rai S AU - Saleh Y AU - Greek A AU - Levy G AU - Yanagawa B PY - 2026 JO - JTCVS open DO - 10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101853 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101853 ER -
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S, J., S, R., Y, S., A, G., G, L., & B, Y. (2026). What's in a name? Gender and ethnic bias in letters of recommendation by large language models.. JTCVS open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101853
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