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The results, from a survey of UC Berkeley students in the physical sciences and engineering, highlight a stumbling block for diversity and inclusion efforts—but also offer a potential bright spot
Using public information about the identities of 9000 editors and 43000 reviewers from the Frontiers series of journals, we show that women are underrepresented in the peer-review process.
Analysis of research performance through a gender lens across 20 years, 12 geographies, and 27 subject areas.
Gender-bias in peer reviewing might persist even when gender-equity is reached because both male and female editors operate with a same-gender preference whose characteristics differ by editor-gender.
Last month I found myself sitting on a leather couch, my black dress smoothed over my knees, in a hushed wood-paneled room in Washington, D.C.
Editors are more likely to select reviewers of the same gender.
Tech companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to improve conditions for female employees. Here’s why not much has changed—and what might actually work.
Despite progress, female researchers remain a minority and publish fewer papers.
Brazilian women are leading the world when it comes to a key measurement on science, surpassing the ranking of the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
The gender and racial gaps in scientific professions illustrate the need for greater inclusion at all levels.
Campaign on Wikipedia seeks to reveal the hidden faces of female scientists and those from minority ethnic groups.
Gender Report — Analysis of research performance through a gender lens across 20 years, 12 geographies, and 27 subject areas.
‘Leaky pipeline’ stands the test of time, with overall progress for women in research continuing at a crawl.
The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the 2017 Erasmus Prize to the Canadian cultural sociologist Michèle Lamont.
Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network
What do you see when you picture a scientist? Is it a white man in a lab coat? This portrait will smash that stereotype to bits.
In the 1960s three African-American women helped put astronauts into orbit. Hidden Figures tells their story, but women in science are still battling inequality.
Every single day new advancements are being made in the world of education, but when you look at the media and the people who are making these advancements, you rarely will see a black woman being honored.
Statistical information about the participation of these three groups in science and engineering education and employment.
