Collaboration between women helps close the gender gap in ice core science

Within ice core science, woman-led studies contain 20% more women co-authors than man-led studies, and exceed the estimated proportion of women within the community by nearly 10%. We conclude that collaboration with other women is a key factor in closing gender gaps in science. Authorship statistics from ice core science suggest that collaboration between women is a key factor in closing gender gaps in scientific publishing.

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Collaboration with other women is a key factor in closing gender gaps in ice core science, as it increases the number of women co-authors and exceeds the estimated proportion of women in the field.