Trending topics by female authorship
These topics* had the highest percentage-point increase in female authorship in 2025, as compared to 2015, in the Nature Index.
Gender was inferred by feeding unique combinations of first name, last name and origin country/territory to an algorithm. The analysis counts authorship instances rather than individual authors and so reflects publication activity rather than a strict headcount of individuals. See methodology for more information.
A guide to author gender ratio data on Nature Index
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*Among the natural- and health-sciences journals tracked by the Nature Index are some journals that have been classified as 'multidisciplinary', which means some applied- and social-sciences topics appear in the analysis.
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