Women Are Underrepresented and Receive Differential Outcomes at ASM Journals: a Six-Year Retrospective Analysis

ABSTRACT Despite 50% of biology Ph.D. graduates being women, the number of women that advance in academia decreases at each level (e.g., from graduate to postdoctorate to tenure track). Recently, scientific societies and publishers have begun examining internal submissions data to evaluate represent...

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Autores principales:	Ada K. Hagan, Begüm D. Topçuoğlu, Mia E. Gregory, Hazel A. Barton, Patrick D. Schloss
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2020
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8c929bce0b2e443793795ae64f9bb4c02021-11-15T15:55:44ZWomen Are Underrepresented and Receive Differential Outcomes at ASM Journals: a Six-Year Retrospective Analysis10.1128/mBio.01680-202150-7511https://doaj.org/article/8c929bce0b2e443793795ae64f9bb4c02020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01680-20https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT Despite 50% of biology Ph.D. graduates being women, the number of women that advance in academia decreases at each level (e.g., from graduate to postdoctorate to tenure track). Recently, scientific societies and publishers have begun examining internal submissions data to evaluate representation and evaluation of women in their peer review processes; however, representation and attitudes differ by scientific field, and to date, no studies have investigated academic publishing in the field of microbiology. Using manuscripts submitted between January 2012 and August 2018 to the 15 journals published by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), we describe the representation of women at ASM journals and the outcomes of their manuscripts. Senior women authors at ASM journals were underrepresented compared to global and society estimates of microbiology researchers. Additionally, manuscripts submitted by corresponding authors that were women received more negative outcomes than those submitted by men. These negative outcomes were somewhat mediated by whether or not the corresponding author was based in the United States and by the type of institution for United States-based authors. Nonetheless, the pattern for women corresponding authors to receive more negative outcomes on their submitted manuscripts held. We conclude with suggestions to improve the representation of women and decrease structural penalties against women. IMPORTANCE Barriers in science and academia have prevented women from becoming researchers and experts that are viewed as equivalent to their colleagues who are men. We evaluated the participation and success of women researchers at ASM journals to better understand their success in the field of microbiology. We found that women are underrepresented as expert scientists at ASM journals. This is, in part, due to a combination of both low submissions from senior women authors and more negative outcomes on submitted manuscripts for women compared to men.Ada K. HaganBegüm D. TopçuoğluMia E. GregoryHazel A. BartonPatrick D. SchlossAmerican Society for Microbiologyarticlebiasgenderpeer reviewprofession of microbiologyrepresentationscientific publishingMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 11, Iss 6 (2020)
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spellingShingle	bias gender peer review profession of microbiology representation scientific publishing Microbiology QR1-502 Ada K. Hagan Begüm D. Topçuoğlu Mia E. Gregory Hazel A. Barton Patrick D. Schloss Women Are Underrepresented and Receive Differential Outcomes at ASM Journals: a Six-Year Retrospective Analysis
description	ABSTRACT Despite 50% of biology Ph.D. graduates being women, the number of women that advance in academia decreases at each level (e.g., from graduate to postdoctorate to tenure track). Recently, scientific societies and publishers have begun examining internal submissions data to evaluate representation and evaluation of women in their peer review processes; however, representation and attitudes differ by scientific field, and to date, no studies have investigated academic publishing in the field of microbiology. Using manuscripts submitted between January 2012 and August 2018 to the 15 journals published by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), we describe the representation of women at ASM journals and the outcomes of their manuscripts. Senior women authors at ASM journals were underrepresented compared to global and society estimates of microbiology researchers. Additionally, manuscripts submitted by corresponding authors that were women received more negative outcomes than those submitted by men. These negative outcomes were somewhat mediated by whether or not the corresponding author was based in the United States and by the type of institution for United States-based authors. Nonetheless, the pattern for women corresponding authors to receive more negative outcomes on their submitted manuscripts held. We conclude with suggestions to improve the representation of women and decrease structural penalties against women. IMPORTANCE Barriers in science and academia have prevented women from becoming researchers and experts that are viewed as equivalent to their colleagues who are men. We evaluated the participation and success of women researchers at ASM journals to better understand their success in the field of microbiology. We found that women are underrepresented as expert scientists at ASM journals. This is, in part, due to a combination of both low submissions from senior women authors and more negative outcomes on submitted manuscripts for women compared to men.
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author	Ada K. Hagan Begüm D. Topçuoğlu Mia E. Gregory Hazel A. Barton Patrick D. Schloss
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title	Women Are Underrepresented and Receive Differential Outcomes at ASM Journals: a Six-Year Retrospective Analysis
title_short	Women Are Underrepresented and Receive Differential Outcomes at ASM Journals: a Six-Year Retrospective Analysis
title_full	Women Are Underrepresented and Receive Differential Outcomes at ASM Journals: a Six-Year Retrospective Analysis
title_fullStr	Women Are Underrepresented and Receive Differential Outcomes at ASM Journals: a Six-Year Retrospective Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Women Are Underrepresented and Receive Differential Outcomes at ASM Journals: a Six-Year Retrospective Analysis
title_sort	women are underrepresented and receive differential outcomes at asm journals: a six-year retrospective analysis
publisher	American Society for Microbiology
publishDate	2020
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Women Are Underrepresented and Receive Differential Outcomes at ASM Journals: a Six-Year Retrospective Analysis

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