Gender equality and Open Access (OA) are priorities within the European Research Area and cross-cutting issues in European research program H2020. Gender and openness are also key elements of responsible research and innovation. However, despite the common underlying targets of fostering an inclusive, transparent and sustainable research environment, both issues are analysed as independent topics. This paper represents a first exploration of the inter-linkages between gender and OA analysing the scientific production of researchers of the Italian National Research Council under a gender perspective integrated with the different OA publications modes. A bibliometric analysis was carried out for articles published in the period 2016–2018 and retrieved from the Web of Science. Results are presented constantly analysing CNR scientific production in relation to gender, disciplinary fields and OA publication modes. These variables are also used when analysing articles that receive financial support. Our results indicate that gender disparities in scientific production still persist particularly in STEM disciplines, while the gender gap is the closest to parity in medical and agricultural sciences. A positive dynamic toward OA publishing and women’s scientific production is shown when disciplines with well-established open practices are related to articles supported by funds. A slightly higher women’s propensity toward OA is shown when considering Gold OA, or authorships with women in the first and last article by-line position. The prevalence of Italian funded articles with women’s contributions published in Gold OA journals seems to confirm this tendency, especially if considering the weak enforcement of the Italian OA policies.

性别平等和开放获取（OA）是欧洲研究领域的重点工作，也是欧洲研究计划H2020的跨领域问题。性别和开放性也是负责任的研究和创新的关键要素。然而，尽管建立了一个包容，透明和可持续的研究环境的共同基本目标是，将这两个问题都作为独立的主题进行了分析。本文代表了对性别与开放获取之间相互联系的首次探索，它从性别角度出发，结合了不同的开放获取出版物模式，分析了意大利国家研究委员会研究人员的科学成果。对2016-2018年期间发表并从Web of Science检索的文章进行了文献计量分析。不断分析CNR在性别，学科领域和OA出版方式方面的科学成果，并提出结果。在分析获得财务支持的商品时，也会使用这些变量。我们的结果表明，科学生产中的性别差异仍然存在，特别是在STEM学科中，而性别差异最接近医学和农业科学中的均等。当具有完善的开放实践的学科与资金支持的文章相关时，就显示出OA出版和妇女科学生产的积极动态。当考虑Gold OA或在第一行和最后一篇文章的副标题中有女性担任作者时，表明女性对OA的倾向略高。