“…During the pandemic, women submitted fewer manuscript than did their male counterparts (9,12). Although overall manuscripts submissions went up during the pandemic, there were more submissions from men than from women (13,14). Although the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found no differences in NIH submissions by sex, submissions between May 1, 2020, and June 5, 2020 were 10% higher than that same time from 2019 (15).…”