The percentage of women employed in professional scientific positions has been low but is
increasing over time. The US National Institutes of Health and the National Science …

Despite efforts to recruit and retain more women, a stark gender disparity persists within
academic science. Abundant research has demonstrated gender bias in many demographic …

Women make up over one-half of all doctoral recipients in biology-related fields but are
vastly underrepresented at the faculty level in the life sciences. To explore the current …

Scientists are trained to evaluate and interpret evidence without bias or subjectivity. Thus,
growing evidence revealing a gender bias against women—or favoring men—within …

Mounting experimental evidence suggests that subtle gender biases favoring men
contribute to the underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering, and …

There is extensive evidence of gender inequality in research leading to insufficient
representation of women in leadership positions. Numbers revealing a gender gap in …

Equitable gender representation is an important aspect of scientific workforce development
to secure a sufficient number of individuals and a diversity of perspectives. Biology is the …

We synthesized the vast, contradictory scholarly literature on gender bias in academic
science from 2000 to 2020. In the most prestigious journals and media outlets, which …

Abstract In 2008, the National Institutes of Health funded 14 R01 grants to study causal
factors that promote and support women's biomedical careers. The Research Partnership on …

Evidence overwhelmingly shows structural barriers to women in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics fields, and suggests that the onus cannot be on women alone …