Research
Author or just ‘acknowledged’? How women are not gaining full credit for research
Nature · By Anna Napolitano ·
The Brief
- A Nature article published 11 November 2026 analyses who is more likely to receive authorship rather than only acknowledgement for research work.
- The analysis highlights the influence of a researcher's gender and status on which credit they receive.
Why it matters
Authorship is the main formal record of contribution, so if women are more often acknowledged rather than named as authors, their work may be under-credited in publications and careers.
Who’s affected
- researchers across disciplines
- research managers and hiring or promotion committees
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- #gender
- #research-credit
- #academia
- #research-ethics
Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03448-7 An analysis of who is more likely to get authorship than acknowledgement highlights the influence of a researcher’s gender and status.
Timeline
Nature publishes analysis of authorship versus acknowledgement for women researchers
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Author or just ‘acknowledged’? How women are not gaining full credit for research