TY - JOUR T1 - Gender, race and parenthood impact academic productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic: from survey to action JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/2020.07.04.187583 SP - 2020.07.04.187583 AU - Fernanda Staniscuaski AU - Livia Kmetzsch AU - Eugenia Zandonà AU - Fernanda Reichert AU - Rossana C. Soletti AU - Zelia M.C Ludwig AU - Eliade F. Lima AU - Adriana Neumann AU - Ida V.D. Schwartz AU - Pamela B. Mello-Carpes AU - Alessandra S.K. Tamajusuku AU - Fernanda P. Werneck AU - Felipe K. Ricachenevsky AU - Camila Infanger AU - Adriana Seixas AU - Charley C. Staats AU - Leticia de Oliveira Y1 - 2020/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/07/04/2020.07.04.187583.abstract N2 - While the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is altering academia dynamics, those juggling remote work and domestic demands – including childcare - have already felt the impacts on productivity. Female authors are facing a decrease in papers submission rates since the beginning of the pandemic period. The reasons for this decline in women productivity need to be further investigated. Here we show the influence of gender, parenthood and race in academics productivity during the pandemic period, based on a survey answered by 3,345 Brazilian academics from various knowledge areas and research institutions. Findings revealed that male academics - especially childless ones - were the least affected group, whereas female academics, especially Black women and mothers, were the most impacted group. This scenario will leave long-term effects on the career progression of the most affected groups. The results presented here are crucial for the development of actions and policies that aim to avoid further deepening the gender gap in science. This particular situation we are facing during the pandemic demands institutional flexibility and academia should foster the discussion about actions to benefit Black scientists and academics with families in the post-pandemic scenario.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest. ER -