{"id":119554,"date":"2020-11-10T15:09:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T14:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=119554"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:13","slug":"female-scientists-slipping-behind-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/11\/10\/female-scientists-slipping-behind-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Female scientists slipping behind during the coronavirus pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The issue had previously been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dub.uu.nl\/en\/news\/dutch-research-council-and-lockdown-%E2%80%98women-harder-hit-men%E2%80%99\">predicted<\/a>: female scientists are by far more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2020\/04\/21\/early-journal-submission-data-suggest-covid-19-tanking-womens-research-productivity\">affected<\/a> by coronavirus lockdowns than their male counterparts. A new <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3712813\">study<\/a> conducted by publisher <em>Elsevier<\/em> appears to confirm these concerns. Unevenly distributed care responsibilities have been cited as the cause for the difference between the male and female researchers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/13113114\/Jubileumquiz-vrouwelijke-hoogleraren-1280x852.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/13113114\/Jubileumquiz-vrouwelijke-hoogleraren-1280x852.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/13113114\/Jubileumquiz-vrouwelijke-hoogleraren-1280x852-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/13113114\/Jubileumquiz-vrouwelijke-hoogleraren-1280x852-875x582.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/13113114\/Jubileumquiz-vrouwelijke-hoogleraren-1280x852-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/13113114\/Jubileumquiz-vrouwelijke-hoogleraren-1280x852-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139162 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/04\/11\/university-must-tackle-lack-of-equality-between-male-and-female-scholars\/\">University must tackle lack of equality between male and female scholars<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/03\/06\/99-female-scholars-to-embark-on-new-programme-designed-to-support-talented-female-academics\/\">99 female scholars to embark on new programme designed to support talented female academics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/03\/09\/council-looking-into-gender-quota-for-senior-positions\/\">Council looking into gender quota for senior positions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/11\/21\/im-a-role-model-for-others-something-i-missed-out-on-as-a-young-researcher\/\">\u2018I\u2019m a role model for others, something I missed out on as a young researcher\u2019<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/11\/26\/eur-re-launches-2016-plan-to-fill-women-professor-quota\/\">EUR (re-)launches 2016 plan to fill women professor quota<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Between February and May of this year, Elsevier\u2019s more than two thousand scientific magazines received 58 percent more articles compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019. In fields relating to healthcare and medicine, this increase was a whopping 92 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Women contributed significantly fewer articles than men in fields including health &amp; medicine, nature &amp; technology and social sciences &amp; economy.<\/p>\n<p>But differences can also be observed within the group of female academics: experienced scientists were more affected by the lockdown than PhD students and researchers who are just starting out, as the latter two groups are less likely to have children and care duties.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Growing inequality<\/h2><p>According to the authors, inequality between men and women is likely to grow even more, because the number of publications and citations continues to be a determining factor in the careers of scientists.<\/p>\n<p>The authors are now calling on research financiers and selection boards to reconsider the importance they attach to the number of articles published during the pandemic. This view aligns with the movement interested in other ways of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoday.nl\/spotlight\/68802\/hoe-gaan-we-wetenschappers-straks-erkennen-en-waarderen\">recognising and rewarding<\/a>\u2018 scientists.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" 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px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNieuws\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/zingende-studenten-cantus-eurekaweek-2026-Daan-Stam-89-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1787146192\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/zingende-studenten-cantus-eurekaweek-2026-Daan-Stam-89-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1787146192 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/zingende-studenten-cantus-eurekaweek-2026-Daan-Stam-89-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1787146192 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/zingende-studenten-cantus-eurekaweek-2026-Daan-Stam-89-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1787146192 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/10\/06\/voorlopig-geen-gezamenlijke-introductieweek-voor-mbo-hbo-en-wo-studenten\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tNo joint introduction week for vocational, applied sciences and university students for now\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-10-06\">6 October 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tEurekaweek\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/zingende-studenten-cantus-eurekaweek-2026-Daan-Stam-89-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1787146192\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/zingende-studenten-cantus-eurekaweek-2026-Daan-Stam-89-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1787146192 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/zingende-studenten-cantus-eurekaweek-2026-Daan-Stam-89-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1787146192 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/zingende-studenten-cantus-eurekaweek-2026-Daan-Stam-89-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1787146192 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/10\/06\/voorlopig-geen-gezamenlijke-introductieweek-voor-mbo-hbo-en-wo-studenten\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tNo joint introduction week for vocational, applied sciences and university students for now\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-10-06\">6 October 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] 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