Hence, the problem is omnipresent and deeply rooted in the scientific world and warrants constant re-evaluation by sound research methods.ДЄn easy accessible and objective indicator for the successful integration of women in science is the quantification of their scholastic activity as represented by вЂњauthorshipвЂќ in scientific publications. Numerous publications in the recent years documented the persistence of a gender gap in science leading to discussions about the underlying reasons. For almost half a century, the topic has remained in the focus of the scientific community, despite many initiatives to promote female scientists.

Gender inequity in science began to shift into the public eye since the 1970s driven by the movement of Second Wave Feminism, which sparked a growing interest in the subject. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Дata Availability: The underlying data is public and was retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection.ДЇunding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.Д¬ompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Received: FebruAccepted: NovemPublished: January 2, 2018Д¬opyright: В© 2018 Bendels et al. PLoS ONE 13(1):Д®ditor: Sergi Lozano, Institut CatalГ de Paleoecologia Humana i EvoluciГі Social (IPHES), SPAIN The prognosis for the next decades forecast a very slow harmonization of authorships odds between the two genders.Д¬itation: Bendels MHK, MГјller R, Brueggmann D, Groneberg DA (2018) Gender disparities in high-quality research revealed by Nature Index journals. Distinct differences at the journal, journal category, continent and country level were revealed. The gender-specific differences in citation rates increase the more authors contribute to an article. Articles with female key authors are less frequently cited than articles with male key authors.

Women publish fewer articles compared to men (39.0% female authors are responsible for 29.8% of all authorships) and are underrepresented at productivity levels of more than 2 articles per author. More specifically, a large negative correlation between the 5-Year-Impact-Factor of a journal and the female representation at prestigious authorships was revealed (r(52) = -.63, P <. The underrepresentation accentuates in highly competitive articles attracting the highest citation rates, namely, articles with many authors and articles that were published in highest-impact journals. Women are underrepresented at prestigious authorships compared to men (Prestige Index = -0.42). By using Engineering Village, engineers gain easy access to information and can be confident search results are relevant, complete, accurate and of high quality.29.8% of all authorships and 33.1% of the first, 31.8% of the co- and 18.1% of the last authorships were held by women. It is the leading information discovery platform specifically designed by and for the engineering community. Ei Backfiles for publications between 1884 - 1969Д®ngineering Village is an essential resource for students, researchers and faculty to stay up-to-date in their field, acquire knowledge in new areas, set up research proposals and write papers.Publisher search, limit to or exclude feature.Citation counts, citation details and author profiles from Scopus.Other unique features available only on Engineering Village are: Engineering Village's powerful search tools leverage Ei Compendex's controlled vocabulary, making it quick and easy for users to refine their searches and gain insight from results. Why Ei Compendex on Engineering VillageД®i Compendex is indexed specifically for engineers using the Engineering Index Thesaurus, making search results consistently accurate and relevant to engineering research. Combined with Ei Compendex, it provides the most comprehensive overview of the last 130 years of engineering literature and it is available on Engineering Village only. The Engineering Index Backfile provides a comprehensive, historical view of engineering innovations from 1884-1969 with over 1.7 million records digitized from the original print indexes. Founded in 1884, Engineering Index has recorded virtually every major engineering innovation from around the world.

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