Elsevier report on gender and "research participation, career progression and perceptions across the globe."From the Executive Summary: "Gender diversity and inclusion are of growing importance and focus in many sectors, including business, education, government and research. Increasing gender diversity has a positive impact on productivity, boosts problem solving and increases innovation – all essential outcomes for tackling the great challenges of our time, from health to food security, from climate change to sustainable communities.
As part of Elsevier’s ongoing efforts to promote gender diversity and advance gender equity in research using an evidence-based approach, we developed this latest report to understand how gender impacts the researcher journey. Drawing on robust data sets, we analyzed information about authors of academic publications, grant recipients and patent applicants to gain insights into trends in gender-based representation across 15 countries and the EU28.In recent decades there has been significant progress in terms of women’s participation in research and we are seeing an increased focus on factoring gender into research. However, our latest report shows that disparities still exist, demonstrating that we have more work to do to address issues that cut across diversity as well as inclusion."