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‘Ignored and not appreciated’: Women’s research contributions often go unrecognized

Data reveal that to earn credit on scientific articles, women need to work harder than men.
  1. Holly Else
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Women are less likely to be named as authors on articles or as inventors on patents than are their male team mates, despite doing the same amount of work, according to an analysis of how research contributions are recognized. This is partly because women’s contributions to research are “often not known, not appreciated or ignored”, say the authors.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01725-9

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