Biomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under review.

ABSTRACT: Women are underrepresented in academia-especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This is due, at least in part, to the many obstacles that they face compared to their male counterparts. There has been substantial debate as to whether the peer review system is biased against women. Some studies-mostly based on analyses of thousands of Economics research articles-have shown that manuscripts authored by women experience longer peer review times (defined as the time intervened from submission to acceptance) than comparable manuscripts authored by men. Other studies, however, have found no effect of author's gender on acceptance delays, raising questions about whether the gender gap is specific to certain fields. Biomedical and life scientists produce 36% of the

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Ponce D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12818632 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature