Table 2 Percent of corresponding authorship by gender for pre-pandemic and pandemic periods, by world region.

From: Scientific authorship by gender: trends before and during a global pandemic

 

Pre-pandemic period

Pandemic period

Change

World region

% Male

% Female

% Non-binary

% Male

% Female

% Non-binary

% Female

Africa

80.2

19.7

0.1

80.9

19.1

0.0

−0.7

Asia

84.1

15.9

0.0

81.6

18.3

0.1

2.4

Europe

82.4

17.5

0.1

79.9

20.0

0.2

2.5

Latin America and the Caribbean

84.5

15.5

0.0

83.5

16.4

0.1

0.8

Oceania

79.5

17.3

3.2

78.7

18.9

2.5

1.5

Northern America

82.2

17.7

0.1

80.2

19.7

0.1

2.0

Overall

83.4

16.5

0.1

81.1

18.7

0.1

2.2

  1. The percent change for men is −1 times that of women (e.g., −2.4% change for Asia for men). Percentages are based on submissions with gender specified. Submissions without country specified, from countries with unspecified pandemic start date, or without specified gender were excluded. N = 97,957.
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