'The first author was a woman. She should be in the kitchen, not writing papers': Bias in STEM publishing still punishes women

Athene Donald examines role of bias against women in scientific publishing.

Letters of reference tend to use fewer stand-out adjectives about women than men.

Women's papers are cited less, their grants are smaller and their papers have a harder time getting past reviewers.

Donald: Bias of this subterranean sort — variously known as unconscious or implicit bias — has come under scrutiny in recent years .

Athene Donald : Studies show bias in peer-reviews, nepotism and sexism still common at work.

Donald: Bias comes in many forms, regardless of how much processes such as excluding a known associate from making the relevant judgement, may attempt to overcome them.

Other tendency seen only too often at committees, debates, and other confrontational situations is that when men talk over another committee member it is typically a woman.

She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1999 and appointed DBE for services to Physics in 2010 . You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name..