He Said, He Said: Science's Gender Gap
① A tally of female scientists carried out by Elsevier, a publisher, shows some progress towards equality, at least as regards academic papers.
② In eight countries and the European Union, the share of women authors grew from about 30% in the late 1990s to about 40% two decades later.
③ Brazil and Portugal are closest to equality, each just a percentage point shy of a 50-50 split.
④ In Japan, by contrast, barely a fifth of researchers are female.
⑤ Women are best represented in subjects related to health care, outnumbering men in nursing and psychology in several countries, but less than a quarter of researchers in the physical sciences are women; inventors who register patents are almost all men.
⑥ The share of patent applications by women has grown almost everywhere, but is just 26% in nearly-evenly-split Portugal.
⑦ The world still isn't making the most of the scientific brainpower of half of its population.
▍生词好句
tally /ˈtali/: n. 记录；计数
as regards sth.: 在……方面；和……有关
shy of…: 在……方面缺少
outnumber /aʊtˈnʌmbə/: vt. 在数量上超过
outsmart /aʊtˈsmɑːt/: vt. 在智商上超过
patent /ˈpat(ə)nt/ /ˈpeɪt(ə)nt/: n. 专利
