Dear Commons Community,

Science has an article in this week’s edition highlighting evidence that female academics and scientists were hit especially hard by the pandemic.  For the past year, many researchers worked fewer hours per day but parents and especially mothers lost the most time. The article (see below) comments that there has been a larger drop (33%) in manuscripts and published papers submitted by mothers as by fathers. The article goes on to say that professional journals and grant-funding agencies should consider allowing academics to submit COVID-19 impact statements going forward that describe how the  pandemic impeded their work.

Important consideration for our profession!

Tony

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