This week we welcome don Emma Cowley and Emma Ross who recently co-authored a paper on the disparity between male and female participants in sport and exercise science research with Kelly McNulty and Alyssa Olenick.

We explored the general findings in terms of male and female specific research but also how it is seen through titles, abstracts and methods sections.

We discussed the reasons why the gender data gap exists but more importantly the implications in terms of the specific recommendations that emerge from research alongside the social impact of a seemingly lower involvement of females as participants in research.