Promoting Women in

Science and Publishing

BIAC Workshop on Gender

Equality and Skills

Elena Porro, Elsevier

Paris October 24, 2016

1. Collecting Data: Applying analytics to gender in

research and publishing

2. Promoting research on sex & gender and diversity

in STEM

3. Enhancing gender diversity and promoting women

within Elsevier

Framework to Address Gender

in Science and Publishing at Elsevier

A Gender Lens for Research Analytics

Part 1: Gender in Research Report Germany 2015 • Gender gaps in research performance in Germany

• Impact of gender composition of research teams on

performance and research topics

• Conference to disseminate results

Part 2: Global Gender & Research Report 2017 • US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, EU28, Australia/New Zealand,

South Africa, Japan, Korea, China

• Include comparison across disciplines, productivity across

a career, mobility and network reach by gender, interviews

• Outreach: develop global stakeholder list, events at

conferences, disseminate its findings broadly

• Partners: Universities, Japan Science & Technology Agency,

European Commission Joint Research Centre

https://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/126715/ELS_Germany_Gender_Research-SinglePages.pdf

Investigate the relationship between the gender of

researchers/authors and the various indicators on research

performance by combining Scopus data with that from a

large online social networking service

1. Applying Analytics

Implicit bias, Editorial Boards, conference speakers

and peer review

1. Applying Analytics

Sex and Gender in Research via Editorial Policies

Illustration by Katie Scott, NIH to balance sex in cell and

animal studies Nature 14 May 2014

Influence Through Partnerships

• Partnering with Stanford University's

Gendered Innovations to develop a policy

brief for the industry editorial bodies

International Committee of Medical Journal

Editors (ICMJE) and Council of Science

Editors (CSE) to consider adopting

• European Association of Science Editors

(EASE) is also engaged in a

recommendation exercise

Recommendations

• Require reporting of sex and/or gender of

study participants, animals or cells.

• Consider analyzing data by sex and/or

gender or providing the raw data

• Analyze the influence of sex and/or gender

on the results of the study

• Guidelines on performing analyses and

reporting the data

Internal Coordination

• Inventory of our journals that have already

adopted sex/gender reporting in their

editorial policies.

• Based on ICMJE/CSE recommendations,

Elsevier will enhance our own editorial

guidance.

2. Promoting Gender Research

Featuring issues of gender diversity in our pages

and conferences

2. Promoting Gender Research

Transforming Culture at Elsevier

3 year commitment to gender benchmark

Elsevier and make data driven interventions for a more gender balanced

and inclusive organization.

• Measure

• Benchmark

• Certify

• Communicate

3. Gender diversity within Elsevier