gender gap

An analysis of data from nearly 150 journals across scientific disciplines finds that, if anything, manuscripts authored by women are treated more favorably than those submitted by men.

One of the first analyses of its kind finds a smaller proportion of men in same-sex couples earn STEM degrees than do men in heterosexual couples. It’s a different story for women.

Experts identify childcare, which tends to fall to women, as one likely cause for the relative decrease in women’s scientific productivity compared with men’s.

Two new commentaries on a contested 2018 study about gender disparities in STEM fields clash over whether sex differences or social inequalities are to blame for the lack of women scientists and engineers.

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

As we await the announcement of the 2019 Nobel Prize winners, it’s time to question why female scientists still lag behind their male colleagues.

A study finds women continue to be underrepresented among science, engineering, and math professors, despite making up more than half the student population in these fields.

Overall, men received more money on average, but R01s were an exception.

A judge throws out several of researcher Beverly Emerson’s claims, but the case proceeds.

Men received both more and larger grants than women did, ending up with three times as much funding on average.

An analysis of abstracts from American Geophysical Union meetings reveals that female scientists get fewer speaking opportunities than men.

An investigation of 2.7 million patent submissions in the U.S. finds gender disparities throughout the application process.

As millions of men headed off to fight in the Great War, women researchers stayed behind to further science. Their struggle for equality rages on today.

Institutions document the effects of unconscious bias and set specific goals for gender balance.

In a gender discrmination lawsuit against the Salk Institute, a female scientist alleges that biologist Inder Verma was dismissive of his female colleagues. 

This year’s controversial news included unethical behavior among politicians, a murder, and multiple accusations of gender discrimination and sexual harassment, in addition to the usual spate of research misconduct.

The German research institution will invest more than $35 million in creating tenure-track positions for female scientists. 

A new survey finds a consistent gap between men and women across numerous fields of science.  

Industry professionals make more than academic researchers, but for professors, it may not be about the money.