Fig. 3: The proportion of publications among lead (first and last) authors of different genders in ecology and medical journals in 2018–2020.

a First authors in ecology, b first authors in medicine, c last authors in ecology, and d last authors in medicine. Blue shading represents male, green represents female and light green are authors of unidentified gender. The one (self-identified) transgender last author in ecology in 2018 is shown in dark blue.