BACKGROUND The article aims to analyze the representativeness of women in ethnobiological publications within the Brazilian context, as well as to relate the difficulties faced by women in their scientific careers in terms of gender bias. Biases found in publications are relevant themes to different areas of knowledge, considering the historical persistence of male privilege in these activities. We analyzed the role of women in ethnobiological scientific publications and sought to reflect on gender issues in academic practices and fieldwork. METHODS We conducted a 28-year survey of academic publications in Brazil, through the Scopus and Web of Science databases, in order to infer the female representation in ethnobiological literature. We also sent 77 questionnaires to ethnobiologists associated with the Brazilian society of ethnobiology and ethnoecology or indicted by associates through snowball sampling. RESULTS We observed that there are more articles where the senior author is male (p < 0.05). However, there are no differences in the number of publications led by men and women (p > 0.05), which shows a positive trend in terms of representation. Within subareas, ethnozoology had more male authors than other subareas of ethnobiology. Articles whose senior authors are men tend to be published in journals with a higher impact (p < 0.05). The interviews with Brazilian ethnobiologists showed that 53.2% of the interviewees reported feeling discriminated against in the academic environment because they were women. Moreover, 61.0% said they had disadvantages in collecting data because they were women. Additionally, most of the researchers reported having witnessed cases of sexism in the studied communities. CONCLUSION In the current scenarios of female participation, it is possible to reflect and identify advances and challenges associated with gender bias in ethnobiological studies conducted by Brazilian, both in the emic and etic spheres of research and in our scientific practice. As researchers in the area, we deal directly with social problems in the studied communities, such as violence against women, sexism, and prejudice, as well as the many problems faced in the academic universe itself.

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妇女在巴西民族生物学中的作用：挑战和观点。

背景技术本文旨在分析巴西语境下妇女在民族生物学出版物中的代表性，并根据性别偏见将妇女在其科学职业中面临的困难联系起来。考虑到男性特权在这些活动中的持续存在，出版物中发现的偏见是与不同知识领域相关的主题。我们分析了妇女在民族生物学科学出版物中的作用，并试图在学术实践和田野调查中反思性别问题。方法我们通过Scopus和Web of Science数据库对巴西的学术出版物进行了为期28年的调查，以推断女性在民族生物学文献中的代表性。我们还向与巴西民族生物学和民族生态学协会有关的民族生物学家发送了77份问卷，或由同事通过滚雪球采样指示。结果我们观察到有更多的文章是高级作者是男性（p <0.05）。但是，由男性和女性领导的出版物数量没有差异（p> 0.05），这在代表性上显示出积极的趋势。在子区域中，人类学领域的男性作家人数多于其他种族学子区域。高级作者为男性的文章倾向于在期刊上发表，影响较大（p <0.05）。对巴西民族生物学家的采访显示，有53.2％的受访者表示，由于他们是女性，因此在学术环境中受到歧视。此外，61。0％的人说，由于她们是女性，因此她们在收集数据方面有不利之处。此外，大多数研究人员报告说，在所研究的社区中目睹了性别歧视案件。结论在当前女性参与的情况下，有可能在巴西的民族生物学研究中，在研究的主位和主位以及我们的科学实践中，反映和确定与性别偏见相关的进步和挑战。作为该地区的研究人员，我们直接处理所研究社区中的社会问题，例如对妇女的暴力行为，性别歧视和偏见，以及学术界本身面临的许多问题。结论在当前女性参与的情况下，有可能在巴西的民族生物学研究中，在研究的主位和主位以及我们的科学实践中，反映和确定与性别偏见相关的进步和挑战。作为该地区的研究人员，我们直接处理所研究社区中的社会问题，例如对妇女的暴力行为，性别歧视和偏见，以及学术界本身面临的许多问题。结论在当前女性参与的情况下，有可能在巴西的民族生物学研究中，在研究的主位和主位以及我们的科学实践中，反映和确定与性别偏见相关的进步和挑战。作为该地区的研究人员，我们直接处理所研究社区中的社会问题，例如对妇女的暴力行为，性别歧视和偏见，以及学术界本身面临的许多问题。