Health journals sprint ahead in the race to attract female authors Some general journals, including Nature and Science, barely make the top 100, finds a Nature Index analysis of author gender. Bec Crew Data insights 24 Apr 2025
Scientists call for sex and gender to be factored in research Stronger incentives are needed for researchers to account for sex and gender differences in their work, an event in Seoul heard. Bec Crew News 12 Mar 2025
Polar bear researchers struggle for air time Arctic fieldwork in Canada takes place in a difficult funding landscape. Chris Woolston News 19 Nov 2021
Women’s ability to produce urgent research compromised by pandemic, data suggest COVID-19 crisis highlights the need for institutional support for women disproportionately burdened by extraordinary circumstances. Matthew Ryan et al. Comment 9 Nov 2021
Promoting the value of unofficial academic mentorship Many hours are absorbed by ‘shadow advising’ students and postdocs, but the role is disproportionately shouldered by minority groups, and not properly recognized. Kendall Powell News 19 Oct 2021
Three leading women in science share the highlight of their careers How they forged a new path to success. Shipra Jain News 17 May 2021
Peer-reviewers twice as likely to accept research conducted on men than the same research on women How biases may play out against female experimental participants. Dalmeet Singh Chawla News 11 May 2021
How altmetrics could help level the playing field for women in STEM Traditional measures of success favour male researchers. Altmetrics could offer an alternative to help democratize academic evaluation. Bjarne Bartlett et al. Comment 25 Mar 2021
Rethinking research assessment: 7 sources of bias to watch out for at your institution Recognizing the signs of systemic bias is key to ensuring that hiring, promotion and tenure decisions are fair for everyone. Gemma Conroy News 16 Mar 2021
Equity concerns persist over open-access publishing Senior male researchers at prestigious institutions are the most likely to pay to publish open access, study suggests. Benjamin Plackett News 9 Mar 2021
Inclusion in the time of COVID: 14 ways to seize the moment for change Flux in the system is a chance to create new and better opportunities in academic STEMM careers for marginalized groups. Carla Cebula et. al* Comment 9 Feb 2021
Following NASA's lead, researchers are targeting gender bias in instrument time The switch to double-blind peer reviews could help to ensure that female and early-career researchers get a fair shot at using in-demand equipment. Clare Watson News 2 Feb 2021
How do you create a diversity program for science that works? Some tested strategies to engage and retain talented under-represented scientists. Andy Tay News 20 Oct 2020
Nobel Prizes have a diversity problem even worse than the scientific fields they honor This is a problem much larger than simply bias on the part of the Nobel selection committees – it’s systemic. Marc Zimmer Comment 8 Oct 2020
Women have disrupted research on bird song, and show how diversity can improve all fields of science For decades, scientists believed that only male birds sang. Then women entered the field and showed what their predecessors had missed. Kevin Omland, Evangeline Rose & Karan Odom News 16 Sep 2020
Women and minority researchers have more original ideas, but white men are rewarded faster How many trailblazers have been sidelined? Bec Crew News 16 Jul 2020
Coronavirus cutbacks could reverse hard-fought equity gains in STEM workforce Women’s jobs are “the first to go" in pandemic-related cuts. Bec Crew News 25 May 2020
The decline of women's research production during the coronavirus pandemic Preprints analysis suggests a disproportionate impact on early career researchers. Philippe Vincent-Lamarre et al. Comment 19 May 2020
Women rival men in scientific research publications and citations But short careers set them back. Jon Brock News 17 Mar 2020
