Table 2.
Percent of corresponding authorship by gender for pre-pandemic and pandemic periods, by world region.
| Pre-pandemic period | Pandemic period | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World region | % Male | % Female | % Non-binary | % Male | % Female | % Non-binary | % Female |
| Africa | 80.2 | 19.7 | 0.1 | 80.9 | 19.1 | 0.0 | −0.7 |
| Asia | 84.1 | 15.9 | 0.0 | 81.6 | 18.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
| Europe | 82.4 | 17.5 | 0.1 | 79.9 | 20.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 84.5 | 15.5 | 0.0 | 83.5 | 16.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Oceania | 79.5 | 17.3 | 3.2 | 78.7 | 18.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Northern America | 82.2 | 17.7 | 0.1 | 80.2 | 19.7 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Overall | 83.4 | 16.5 | 0.1 | 81.1 | 18.7 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
The percent change for men is −1 times that of women (e.g., −2.4% change for Asia for men). Percentages are based on submissions with gender specified. Submissions without country specified, from countries with unspecified pandemic start date, or without specified gender were excluded. N = 97,957.