Women working in the field of ecology contribute overproportionately to research output, as shown by a recent study that reveals facets of gender bias in the context of scientific publications that have received little attention until now.
According to the study, 30% of authors in Ecology, a leading journal in the field, are women. Their contributions exceed expectations based on productivity levels in scenarios where gender bias is factored out.
The study, titled "Over Twenty Years of Publications in Ecology: Over-Contribution of Women Reveals a New Dimension of Gender Bias
"Our findings call into question the very idea of competitiveness in science," says first author Fontanarrosa, a researcher at IBN-CONICET in Argentina.
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