Over twenty years of publications in Ecology: Over-contribution of women reveals a new dimension of gender bias.

ABSTRACT: Biographical features like social and economic status, ethnicity, sexuality, care roles, and gender unfairly disadvantage individuals within academia. Authorship patterns should reflect the social dimension behind the publishing process and co-authorship dynamics. To detect potential gender biases in the authorship of papers and examine the extent of women's contribution in terms of the substantial volume of scientific production in Ecology, we surveyed papers from the top-ranked journal Ecology from 1999 to 2021. We developed a Women's Contribution Index (WCI) to measure gender-based individual contributions. Considering gender, allocation in the author list, and the total number of authors, the WCI calculates the sum of each woman's contribution per paper. We compared the WCI with women'

SUBMITTER: Fontanarrosa G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11412523 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature