Authorship according to sex/gender in contributions to Spanish scientific journals of Ancient History (1970-2020)

This database corresponds to the study of the authorship of women and men in 3913 contributions published in 7 Spanish journals of Ancient History between 1970 and 2020. It analyses the sex/gender of authorship, its proportion and its development over time. In addition, the possible existence of differences depending on whether the contributions are single-authored or co-authored, as well as on the position of signature in the works of more than one person, is addressed. Likewise, the topic of these investigations is taken into account. This study shows that the proportion of female authors is low and, furthermore, that a progressive increase in female authorship cannot be observed in the last decades.