The Matilda Effect

Women are credited less in science than men | Nature 

The study conducted by Ross et al. mentioned that a potential reason for the marginalization of women is a result of unacknowledged contributions. The disparities observed between men and women in recognition aren't due to the quantity of contributions produced between men and women. Rather, these variations can be attributed to the differences in acknowledgments between genders (Ross et al. 2022). 

A survey was conducted on 28,000 scientists who had published in an academic journal listed on the Web of Science and who had their profiles available on the ORCID database (Ross et al. 2022). The figure highlights that women are more likely to report that their contributions were underestimated or that there was discrimination. The posed question inquired about the likely reason they were not listed as an author on a scientific paper (Ross et al. 2022).

JWM-38712.pdf (ualberta.ca) 

Let us look beyond biology for a moment and delve into the world of physics, which is also a male-dominated science today.

A survey was conducted to quantify the level of satisfaction among physicists within their work environment and the academic system. The participants were categorized by their gender and career stage (Sikimić et al. 2023). The proportion of satisfaction is displayed on the graph's y-axis.

• This article illustrates that men are 45% more likely than females to be invited speakers

• 10 to 15 years after graduation women earn 10% less than men 

• The most frequent cause for women to be discouraged about physics is their interactions with colleagues.          

• In a recent survey, more than 3000 scientists were surveyed.  One-third reported that their workplace were not doing enough to promote gender equality (Sikimić et al. 2023).