April 2018 PMID 29672508

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented?

Luke Holman, Devi Stuart-Fox, Cindy E Hauser

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The discussions reflect a wide range of perspectives on the article, highlighting systemic biases, such as the point that 'men are invited to submit papers at double the rate of women.' Comments indicate urgency, with phrases like 'we still have a long way to go' and concern that 'it will take about 100 years' to achieve parity, emphasizing the seriousness of the gender gap issue. These insights illustrate a critical tone and a desire for progressive change, underscoring the impactful nature of the article's findings.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions express a general agreement with the article's claims about gender representation in STEMM fields.

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The discussions indicate high interest, as many participants are actively sharing related articles and data.

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Participants refer to specific research studies and findings, showcasing a deep engagement with the topic.

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Many posts highlight the significant implications of the gender gap report, indicating a belief that it could drive future changes in STEMM.

Abstract in brief

  • Women are underrepresented in the STEMM workforce, with significant gender gaps persisting, particularly in fields like surgery, computer science, physics, and mathematics.
  • A study analyzed 36 million authors across 6000 journals globally, revealing that men are invited to submit papers twice as often as women, indicating systemic biases in academic publishing.
  • Without reforms in education, mentoring, and publishing practices, it is likely that the gender gap in STEMM will continue for generations.

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PLOS Biology
@PLOSBiology · X

On this #WomenInScience Day, here are some #PLOSBiology papers about #WomenInSTEM - patterns of collaboration, the gender gap, and what can be done about it: https://t.co/xHiWRfrWJ1 https://t.co/OmY9dUUijC https://t.co/IzIvOFNvM1 https://t.co/cj7HtwlD7m

Feb 11, 2019 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 103,076 followers View post →
Jason H. Moore, PhD
@moorejh · X

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? https://t.co/CUPW8uPi2T #science #scichat #gender

Aug 7, 2019 · 7 likes · 6 shares · 34,205 followers View post →
c0nc0rdance
@c0nc0rdance · X

Article on the gender gap in science. Interesting analysis. Slight chuckle at the fact that the first author on paper analyzing % women as first author is "Luke Holman". https://t.co/EuksJ0skSk

Mar 8, 2019 · 7 likes · 1 share · 9,880 followers View post →
British Society for Parasitology
@BSPparasitology · X

A striking point from Prof Angela Kaysel Cruz: BOTH women and men undervalue women's ability in science! And how long until we reach gender parity in the sciences? https://t.co/WGjoCQlb1Q Quite a while yet! #WomenInSTEM #BSP60York @WiParasitology @womeninmalaria

Mar 24, 2022 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 9,308 followers View post →
Girls4STEM
@Girls4STEMVLC · X

Apr 6, 2020 · 6 likes · 3 shares · 2,660 followers View post →
ChiTownBio
@ChiTownBio · X

How is it not trending that it's #InternationalWomenInScienceDay ! This article from @PLOSBiology may almost be 2 years old, but it shows how far we have to go in #STEM to get to gender parity. https://t.co/XgzXAxSdYV

Feb 11, 2020 · 5 likes · 2 shares · 998 followers View post →

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Innocentive
@innocentive_ · X

The road to gender equality in science: Insights from a revealing study that examines the progress and challenges faced by women in STEMM fields.

Aug 8, 2023 · 1 like · 10,171 followers View post →
Women In Parasitology
@WiParasitology · X

RT @BSPparasitology: A striking point from Prof Angela Kaysel Cruz: BOTH women and men undervalue women's ability in science! And how long…

Mar 25, 2022 · 3 shares · 4,809 followers View post →
Camilla Eldridge
@mili_eldridge · X

RT @BSPparasitology: A striking point from Prof Angela Kaysel Cruz: BOTH women and men undervalue women's ability in science! And how long…

Mar 24, 2022 · 3 shares · 179 followers View post →
Women In Malaria
@womeninmalaria · X

RT @BSPparasitology: A striking point from Prof Angela Kaysel Cruz: BOTH women and men undervalue women's ability in science! And how long…

Mar 24, 2022 · 3 shares · 4,020 followers View post →
British Society for Parasitology
@BSPparasitology · X

A striking point from Prof Angela Kaysel Cruz: BOTH women and men undervalue women's ability in science! And how long until we reach gender parity in the sciences? https://t.co/WGjoCQlb1Q Quite a while yet! #WomenInSTEM #BSP60York @WiParasitology @womeninmalaria

Mar 24, 2022 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 9,308 followers View post →
รupєгรเzєd ΩMєGค
@BgBardasMegaRod · X

RT @LibertysRoar: There's far more men employed in those fields than women. The gender gap issue is a clear & obvious answer to your compli…

Oct 6, 2021 · 1 share · 3,047 followers View post →
รupєгรเzєd ΩMєGค
@BgBardasMegaRod · X

RT @LibertysRoar: @Dr2NisreenAlwan @StatistaCharts There's far more men employed in those fields than women. The gender gap issue is a clea…

Oct 6, 2021 · 1 share · 3,047 followers View post →
New American Republic
@LibertysRoar · X

There's far more men employed in those fields than women. The gender gap issue is a clear & obvious answer to your compliant. The reasons for that are numerous. Often tied to interests & economics. A conspiracy against all women just isn't supported here https://t.co/33lHI1ekML https://t.co/MDKaavNdzd https://t.co/EkftzreDwV

Oct 6, 2021 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,341 followers View post →
New American Republic
@LibertysRoar · X

@Dr2NisreenAlwan @StatistaCharts There's far more men employed in those fields than women. The gender gap issue is a clear & obvious answer to your compliant. The reasons for that are numerous. Often tied to interests & economics. A conspiracy against all women just isn't supported here https://t.co/33lHI1ekML

Oct 6, 2021 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,341 followers View post →
Dr. Siham Sabri, Ph.D.
@SabriSiham · X

RT @dcarrot2: @ShikhaJainMD @AMarshallMD @FutureDocs @arghavan_salles @drjessigold @JulieSilverMD @aoglasser @DrHowardLiu @reshmajagsi how…

Mar 19, 2021 · 1 share · 1,210 followers View post →
D.D. Rupert, MD, PhD
@DoubleDocDDR · X

@ShikhaJainMD @AMarshallMD @FutureDocs @arghavan_salles @drjessigold @JulieSilverMD @aoglasser @DrHowardLiu @reshmajagsi how about this PLOS bio paper (https://t.co/MFItH6V2g7) which examines the academic publication gap across 100+ countries and ~6000 journals. Check out where internal medicine falls in Figure 2- no where near 50% male:female first/last/single authors https://t.co/v2Xdg7sPY9

Mar 19, 2021 · 1 share · 611 followers View post →
Ashwini Kumar Sharma,PhD
@aksbioinfo · X

Despite this, gender imbalance and sexism are still huge problems in science worldwide that affect women scientists disproportionately. Know more here - https://t.co/tBxSWk5uIN & https://t.co/8kjodMLT6Z (2/3)

Mar 8, 2021 · 1 like · 196 followers View post →
bob
@dsdtzero · X

@hollymathnerd @donna_sue_m @WilliamBBarnes Good. Because at the current rates physics would take about 100 years to balance gender. https://t.co/rLGLFe9iXQ

Jul 18, 2020 · 272 followers View post →
Luke Holman
@LukeHolman_Evo · X

@gravity_levity Supp tables include here https://t.co/8xWsY6D3QU

Jun 5, 2020 · 4 likes · 1,972 followers View post →
Luke Holman
@LukeHolman_Evo · X

@DanielBolnick @martykardos @Jon_Slate @LouBernatchez We had a sample of Am Nat citations in our gender gap paper, I’d be keen to see if the numbers have changed much in the last couple of years. Pic from the associated web app. https://t.co/8xWsY6D3QU and https://t.co/8m54gLFv5y https://t.co/xREW1gqiMI

Apr 20, 2020 · 1 like · 1,972 followers View post →
Girls in ICT Spain
@GirlsinICTSpain · X

RT @Girls4STEMVLC:

Apr 6, 2020 · 3 shares · 1,504 followers View post →
Silvia Rueda Pascual
@sruedapascual · X

RT @Girls4STEMVLC:

Apr 6, 2020 · 3 shares · 1,971 followers View post →
AMIT-MuCVal
@AMITMu_Val · X

RT @Girls4STEMVLC:

Apr 6, 2020 · 3 shares · 410 followers View post →
Girls4STEM
@Girls4STEMVLC · X

Apr 6, 2020 · 6 likes · 3 shares · 2,660 followers View post →
Girls4STEM
@Girls4STEMVLC · X

Apr 6, 2020 · 1 like · 2,660 followers View post →
Adele Gabba
@AdeleGabba · X

Happy #IWD2020 !!! Don’t spend your life waiting for it...be the one who CHANGE THE SLOPE!!! On #WomensDay ...why not #everyday ? #WomenInSTEM https://t.co/6bvU1AxcKn

Mar 8, 2020 · 1 like · 422 followers View post →
Rodrigo Martinez
@jrwmartinez · X

Sin embargo, la brecha de género en las publicaciones científicas siguen siendo un problema sin resolver. Las mujeres no sólo publican menos... En las autorías ocupan posiciones de menor "prestigio" y los papers de mayor impacto tienen menos autoras. https://t.co/tSLzGScZFM

Feb 22, 2020 · 123 followers View post →
PLOS Biology
@PLOSBiology · X

RT @ChiTownBio: How is it not trending that it's #InternationalWomenInScienceDay ! This article from @PLOSBiology may almost be 2 years old…

Feb 11, 2020 · 2 shares · 103,076 followers View post →
ChiTownBio
@ChiTownBio · X

How is it not trending that it's #InternationalWomenInScienceDay ! This article from @PLOSBiology may almost be 2 years old, but it shows how far we have to go in #STEM to get to gender parity. https://t.co/XgzXAxSdYV

Feb 11, 2020 · 5 likes · 2 shares · 998 followers View post →
Sumit Mandal
@sumitma · X

#PLOSBiology: The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? https://t.co/1w9mlq5hwB

Feb 8, 2020 · 987 followers View post →
Elena Cuesta
@ElenaPaleo · X

RT @MujerPiesTierra: The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? Holman et al 2018 https://t.co/Cz4lXUysyl

Feb 4, 2020 · 4 shares · 2,245 followers View post →
PMMV
@_pmmv_ · X

RT @MujerPiesTierra: The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? Holman et al 2018 https://t.co/Cz4lXUysyl

Feb 4, 2020 · 4 shares · 1,537 followers View post →
Gomez Cano AR
@argcPALEO · X

RT @MujerPiesTierra: The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? Holman et al 2018 https://t.co/Cz4lXUysyl

Feb 4, 2020 · 4 shares · 1,915 followers View post →
Mujeres con los Pies en la Tierra
@MujerPiesTierra · X

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? Holman et al 2018 https://t.co/Cz4lXUysyl

Feb 4, 2020 · 4 likes · 4 shares · 1,423 followers View post →
SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems
@DynamicsSIAM · X

RT @LukeHolman_Evo: Some *meta*-meta-science: "Who Is Writing About Women in STEM?" -> https://t.co/YjiHzBqS9e Interesting read for me per…

Jan 28, 2020 · 2 shares · 10,907 followers View post →
Michael P.H. Stumpf
@theosysbio · X

RT @LukeHolman_Evo: Some *meta*-meta-science: "Who Is Writing About Women in STEM?" -> https://t.co/YjiHzBqS9e Interesting read for me per…

Jan 28, 2020 · 2 shares · 4,017 followers View post →
Luke Holman
@LukeHolman_Evo · X

Some *meta*-meta-science: "Who Is Writing About Women in STEM?" -> https://t.co/YjiHzBqS9e Interesting read for me personally, given the plethora of different responses to my decision to work on this paper https://t.co/8xWsY6D3QU

Jan 27, 2020 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 1,972 followers View post →
Luke Holman
@LukeHolman_Evo · X

@BeesAndBaking @TheLabAndField OK. I'd encourage you to write it down, as it could be a valuable contribution, and you can reach the mainstream by taking things off Twitter. Full disclosure, I wrote this so I am probably an egregious Saviour Complex-er too https://t.co/8xWsY6D3QU

Jan 20, 2020 · 1 like · 1,972 followers View post →
Dr. Jennifer Fouquier
@JTFouquier · X

RT @JTFouquier: Super interesting interactive tool: https://t.co/ktyXtcYFWA. Only 25% of #bioinformatics papers in 2016 had female first au…

Oct 17, 2019 · 2 shares · 1,379 followers View post →
Women Faculty Forum at Homewood
@wffhop · X

RT @PopStarLab: Th authors "conclude that many research specialties will not reach gender parity this century, given present-day rates of i…

Sep 23, 2019 · 3 shares · 137 followers View post →
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
@DrKimEBarrett · X

RT @PopStarLab: Th authors "conclude that many research specialties will not reach gender parity this century, given present-day rates of i…

Sep 22, 2019 · 3 shares · 6,504 followers View post →
Gabriela K. Popescu
@PopStarLab · X

Th authors "conclude that many research specialties will not reach gender parity this century, given present-day rates of increase in the number of women authors." Let's take this on as a challenge! Why not?! https://t.co/uZMOC0qcLE

Sep 22, 2019 · 2 likes · 3 shares · 2,174 followers View post →
Mitchell Lab
@mitchell_lab · X

@barryjcooke1 @ChiefSciCan @CellStemCell The excellence of women has always been there but has been historically marginalized and ignored. This study https://t.co/olGlYfdbc1 shows that without proactive action it will persist for 50-100 years in some disciplines.

Sep 10, 2019 · 865 followers View post →
Michael Livingston
@MichaelJLiv · X

@Researcher_Kate @nhmrc This is not from public health, but it's relevant - the gender gap is barely narrowing: https://t.co/2Kbw3BJtwe

Aug 14, 2019 · 1,517 followers View post →
Natalie van Zuydam
@nvanzuydam · X

RT @moorejh: The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? https://t.co/CUPW8uPi2T #science #scichat #gender

Aug 8, 2019 · 6 shares · 60 followers View post →
H3ABioNet
@H3ABioNet · X

RT @moorejh: The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? https://t.co/CUPW8uPi2T #science #scichat #gender

Aug 7, 2019 · 6 shares · 9,424 followers View post →
Anna Miller
@a_k_miller · X

RT @moorejh: The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? https://t.co/CUPW8uPi2T #science #scichat #gender

Aug 7, 2019 · 6 shares · 130 followers View post →
César de la Fuente
@delafuentelab · X

RT @moorejh: The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? https://t.co/CUPW8uPi2T #science #scichat #gender

Aug 7, 2019 · 6 shares · 7,292 followers View post →
Jason H. Moore, PhD
@moorejh · X

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? https://t.co/CUPW8uPi2T #science #scichat #gender

Aug 7, 2019 · 7 likes · 6 shares · 34,205 followers View post →
Emily R. Ebel
@Dr_EEbel · X

Lots of really interesting data on the gender gap in the sciences https://t.co/qyPKc6sUUi (1/3)

Aug 6, 2019 · 815 followers View post →
Giulia Sofia
@jubermensch2 · X

@DrLouiseSlater @EGU_HESS (1) I think there should be more gender awareness and it should be done across fields of studies and disciplines. This was an interesting read I did on the subject of gender and publications in STEMM for example https://t.co/geQHDi6NWO

Aug 5, 2019 · 3 likes · 479 followers View post →
Shian Su
@shian_su · X

Associated paper: https://t.co/5zlpwQiHfw

Jul 29, 2019 · 2 likes · 325 followers View post →
Netochka Nezvanova, menos 3%
@NetNezva · X

@fresnoproyectos @dafnu @wannabegroncho @MaGuiNoro @uadlup de: Holman L, Stuart-Fox D, Hauser CE (2018) The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? PLoS Biol 16(4):e2004956. doi : 10.1371/journal.pbio.2004956

Jul 13, 2019 · 2 likes · 5,332 followers View post →
Humans of ML/AI
@HumansOfML · X

It will take approximately 100 years to reach gender parity in computer science research. https://t.co/OPA6Rayr18

Jul 4, 2019 · 3 likes · 757 followers View post →
Charlotte Reypens
@CReypens · X

RT @LostPercent: At today's rates, many research areas (e.g., surgery, computer science, physics, and maths) will not reach gender parity t…

Jul 1, 2019 · 3 shares · 252 followers View post →
Miriam Calvera Isabal
@miryci · X

RT @LostPercent: At today's rates, many research areas (e.g., surgery, computer science, physics, and maths) will not reach gender parity t…

Jun 27, 2019 · 3 shares · 221 followers View post →
Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, PhD
@floating_sez · X

RT @LostPercent: At today's rates, many research areas (e.g., surgery, computer science, physics, and maths) will not reach gender parity t…

Jun 26, 2019 · 3 shares · 1,145 followers View post →
The Lost 50 Percent
@LostPercent · X

At today's rates, many research areas (e.g., surgery, computer science, physics, and maths) will not reach gender parity this century, an analysis of 36 million authors from >100 countries publishing in >6000 journals shows. https://t.co/2CH6tWMMjL

Jun 26, 2019 · 4 likes · 3 shares · 14 followers View post →
F.A.K. Nasser
@covetedparadigm · X

The impact of the role of author gender on publication rates has been shown significant in this good read ! https://t.co/i7DNtLYpgj “They found that changes in author gender ratios tended to be slowest in disciplines with large num…https://t.co/C0dUPfIKvT https://t.co/6hslcBR4oJ

Jun 24, 2019 · 332 followers View post →
Tugba Akinci D'Antonoli
@Tugba_Akinci_MD · X

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? ⁦⁦⁦@PLOSBiology⁩ https://t.co/zVgm63X7Sr

Jun 22, 2019 · 671 followers View post →
Shelly Miller, PhD
@ShellyMBoulder · X

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? Despite minimal recent progress, the gender gap appears likely to persist for more than a century in computer science, physics, and math (!). https://t.co/SGByDKy3cS #PLOSBiology #womeninSTEM

Jun 18, 2019 · 17,003 followers View post →
rameshkotnana
@rameshkotnana1 · X

The gender gap in #science : How long until women are equally represented? Women comprise a minority of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) workforce. Quantifying the gender gap may identify fie…https://t.co/6275euse9o https://t.co/xErMWAjq9W

Jun 14, 2019 · 287 followers View post →
PhoenixCodes
@PhoenixGyaan · X

RT @HelsinkiWils: A number of other issues exist for European #WomenInSTEM such as a persistent gender pay gap, low representation among hi…

May 28, 2019 · 1 share · 2,316 followers View post →
WILS-Helsinki
@HelsinkiWils · X

A number of other issues exist for European #WomenInSTEM such as a persistent gender pay gap, low representation among higher academic staff and boards, paper authorship and invitations to publish... (see e.g. Holman et al. https://t.co/GbxKnU3Wty)

May 28, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 221 followers View post →
xelita
@aIteritxs · X

@jodavistw @Fixerguy2 @JaniceFiamengo Women underrepresented in authorship across STEM fields https://t.co/oQxB2x5mo9

May 4, 2019 · 902 followers View post →
Mónica Vázquez
@Dra_Malvada · X

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? https://t.co/G1lZOjrie9

Apr 23, 2019 · 1 share · 1,228 followers View post →
AAS CSWA
@AAS_Women · X

#PLOSBiology: The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? https://t.co/JQduSk4nQm

Apr 22, 2019 · 1 like · 1,982 followers View post →
Pablo Fiftin - Fifipedia
@Pablofiftin · X

@VictordelaOsada @galatea128 @malditobulo "we estimate that men are invited by journals to submit papers at approximately double the rate of women" https://t.co/zK6LSDR6cu

Mar 15, 2019 · 2,168 followers View post →
Thibaud Deguilhem
@T_Deguilhem · X

It will take 16 years for women and men to publish papers in equal numbers. For physics, it will take 258... https://t.co/RvFfZ0N1MQ

Mar 13, 2019 · 1 like · 330 followers View post →
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@lizditz · X

RT @c0nc0rdance: Article on the gender gap in science. Interesting analysis. Slight chuckle at the fact that the first author on paper an…

Mar 8, 2019 · 1 share · 10,495 followers View post →
c0nc0rdance
@c0nc0rdance · X

Article on the gender gap in science. Interesting analysis. Slight chuckle at the fact that the first author on paper analyzing % women as first author is "Luke Holman". https://t.co/EuksJ0skSk

Mar 8, 2019 · 7 likes · 1 share · 9,880 followers View post →
Ana Palacio
@AnaPalacio_C · X

To celebrate international women’s day let’s check some facts about gender gap in science #gendergap #WomensDay #WomenInSTEM https://t.co/kgMiUCQJ0M

Mar 8, 2019 · 2 likes · 707 followers View post →
PLOS Biology
@PLOSBiology · X

RT @ArcadiaFund: The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? Published in the #openaccess journal @PLOSbiology…

Mar 8, 2019 · 1 share · 103,076 followers View post →
Arcadia Fund
@ArcadiaFund · X

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? Published in the #openaccess journal @PLOSbiology https://t.co/RpgLKSs5kN Further reforms are needed... #BalanceforBetter #IWD2019 https://t.co/3zzEyW3wOV

Mar 8, 2019 · 2 likes · 1 share · 4,192 followers View post →
David V. Smith (@dvsmith.bsky.social)
@DVSneuro · X

RT @PLOSBiology: On this #WomenInScience Day, here are some #PLOSBiology papers about #WomenInSTEM - patterns of collaboration, the gender…

Feb 11, 2019 · 3 shares · 1,540 followers View post →
Valérie Peris Delacroix
@ValeriePeris · X

RT @PLOSBiology: On this #WomenInScience Day, here are some #PLOSBiology papers about #WomenInSTEM - patterns of collaboration, the gender…

Feb 11, 2019 · 3 shares · 173 followers View post →
PLOS Biology
@PLOSBiology · X

On this #WomenInScience Day, here are some #PLOSBiology papers about #WomenInSTEM - patterns of collaboration, the gender gap, and what can be done about it: https://t.co/xHiWRfrWJ1 https://t.co/OmY9dUUijC https://t.co/IzIvOFNvM1 https://t.co/cj7HtwlD7m

Feb 11, 2019 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 103,076 followers View post →
Hope Bretscher
@HopeLouiseB · X

@SceneOnRadio I finished season three today--great reporting!! I am frustrated by the pace of change (and how this pace differs across different sectors of society)- check out this study: https://t.co/Kd2oBEAB65 @LukeHolman_Evo @cindyeh

Jan 13, 2019 · 5 likes · 440 followers View post →