While the digital economy requires a new generation of technology for scientists and practitioners, the software engineering (SE) field faces a gender crisis. SE research is a global enterprise that requires the participation of both genders for the advancement of science and evidence-based practice. However, women across the world tend to be significantly underrepresented in such research, receiving less funding and less participation, frequently, than men as authors in research publications. Data about this phenomenon is still sparse and incomplete; particularly in evidence-based software engineering (EBSE), there are no studies that analyze the participation of women in this research area. The objective of this work is to present the results of a systematic mapping study (SM) conducted to collect and evaluate evidence on female researchers who have contributed to the area of EBSE. Our SM was performed by manually searching studies in the major conferences and journals of EBSE. We identified 981 studies and 183 were authored/co-authored by women and, therefore, included. Contributions from women in secondary studies have globally increased over the years, but it is still concentrated in European countries. Additionally, collaboration among research groups is still fragile, based on a few women as a bridge. Latin American researchers contribute a great deal to the field, despite they do not collaborate as much within their region. The findings from this study are expected to be aggregated to the existing knowledge with respect to women’s contribution to the EBSE area. We expect that our results bring up a reflection on the gender issue and motivate actions and policies to attract female researchers to this area.

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全球和拉丁美洲女性参与基于证据的软件工程：系统的制图研究

尽管数字经济要求科学家和从业人员使用新一代技术，但软件工程（SE）领域却面临性别危机。SE研究是一家全球性企业，需要男女共同参与以促进科学和循证实践的发展。但是，与作为研究出版物作者的男性相比，全世界的女性在这类研究中的比例往往明显偏低，获得的资金较少，参与的频率也较低。有关该现象的数据仍然很少且不完整。特别是在基于证据的软件工程（EBSE）中，没有任何研究可以分析女性在该研究领域中的参与情况。这项工作的目的是介绍一项系统的制图研究（SM）的结果，该研究旨在收集和评估对EBSE领域做出贡献的女性研究人员的证据。我们的SM是通过在EBSE的主要会议和期刊上手动搜索研究来执行的。我们确定了981项研究，其中183项是由女性撰写/共同撰写的，因此被包括在内。多年来，女性在中学学习中的贡献在全球范围内有所增加，但仍集中在欧洲国家。此外，以一些妇女为桥梁，研究小组之间的合作仍然脆弱。尽管拉丁美洲研究人员在各自区域内合作程度不高，但他们在该领域做出了巨大贡献。预期该研究的结果将汇总到有关妇女对EBSE领域的贡献的现有知识。我们希望我们的研究结果能引起对性别问题的反思，并采取行动和政策吸引女性研究人员进入这一领域。