Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.07.08.194035v1?rss=1 Authors: Adam D. Cotton, Ian B. Seiple Abstract: The gender gap in chemistry has been the topic of much debate, with many perspectives stating that the field has improved, and outdated sexist views are behind us. While these views are common, we wanted to assess the accuracy of these comments from a data-driven perspective. In this study, we use Pubmed to obtain the names of all first and last authors for every paper published since 2005 across 15 journals. Each name was assigned a gender using a name-based gender predictor. We show that historically there has been an extensive imbalance of gender for both first and corresponding authors, and that there is no strong trend towards parity since 2005. We demonstrate that female corresponding authors are more likely to be equitable in the gender of their first authors. Finally, we find that there is significant variability among journals in the gender make-up of their editorial boards. We hope this analysis spurs creative discussions on how we can improve female representation in chemistry publications. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info