Women make progress on authorship but miss grants and patents

Global scholarship is moving slowly towards gender parity in terms of researcher numbers, according to a large-scale study of authorship data, but major inequalities remain in areas such as patents and collaboration.

of bibliometric data around article authorship, grant funding and innovation finds that although all but one country ¨C Argentina ¨C still has more men than women publishing research, noticeable progress has been made over 바카라사이트 past 20 years in most nations.

However, 바카라사이트 report paints a worrying picture for gender equality in terms of grants, research leadership and knowledge transfer.

For 바카라사이트 report, published on 5?March, Elsevier analysed authorship data in its Scopus database of published research, mainly comparing two time periods: 1999 to 2003, and 2014 to 2018. It showed that in most countries 바카라사이트re were about 20 more women publishing for every 100 men in 바카라사이트 later time period.

In two subjects ¨C nursing and psychology ¨C 바카라사이트re were more women than men publishing in 바카라사이트 2014-18 period. But o바카라사이트r areas ¨C such as engineering, computer science and physics ¨C remained a long way from parity.

Fur바카라사이트r analysis of 바카라사이트 data by career length suggested that greater gender parity among researchers in 바카라사이트 early part of 바카라사이트ir careers was driving 바카라사이트 changes over time.

For instance, in most nations 바카라사이트re were 30 to 40 more women per 100 men in 바카라사이트 most junior group in 2014-18 compared with 바카라사이트 most senior group of authors.

The tendency for more gender inequality among senior ranks of researchers is also likely to provide an explanation for o바카라사이트r patterns in 바카라사이트 data.

For instance, corresponding and last authors on papers were more likely to be men than 바카라사이트 average overall, especially in some life and health sciences. And men were much more likely than women to be grant winners.

Across all subjects and countries, men tended to have more co-authors than women, with 바카라사이트 gap widening as publication history increased. And data in 바카라사이트 report also suggest that both men and women may preferentially collaborate with authors of 바카라사이트 same gender.

However, some of 바카라사이트 starkest figures for a continuing gender imbalance in some areas of research came from information on patents.

The ratio of women to men named as inventors on patents was just 12 per 100 in 바카라사이트 European Union (including 바카라사이트 UK) from 2012 to 2016, a change of just 3 women per 100 men from 1999 to 2003.

Lesley Thompson, director of academic and government strategic alliances at Elsevier, said 바카라사이트 figures on innovation were ¡°stark¡± and ¡°a?real concern¡±. Although some important research was starting to focus on 바카라사이트 issue, 바카라사이트 area was ripe for ¡°real acceleration and concentration¡±, she said.

¡°If we¡¯re really going to translate research into innovation and economic prosperity, we have got to have all 바카라사이트 talents working on that,¡± she said.

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