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Keywords:

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Evolutionary Biology research
Academic publishing

Background:

Women are underrepresented in academia, particularly in senior STEM roles.
Debate exists on whether women face unfairness in academic peer review.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate potential gender bias in the peer review process within Evolutionary Biology journals.
To examine trends in female authorship and review times.

Main Methods:

Analysis of 49,031 papers from 11 Evolutionary Biology journals.
Examined female representation, author roles, and time under review.
Compared article metrics between male and female authors.

Main Results:

Female representation as authors increased over time.
Female first authors were less likely to be corresponding authors.
Most differences in review times disappeared after controlling for publication date and author count.
No evidence of more readable abstracts for female-authored papers.

Conclusions:

The peer review process in Evolutionary Biology generally does not appear biased against women.
While female representation is increasing, disparities in author roles persist.