The report, which draws on evidence from a wide range of sources such as academic studies or paperspublished by the World Bank, points out that there is a lack of data gathered specifically to measure impact based on gender.
Ask anyone who works in the research department of a large pharmaceutical company tasked with developing drugs based on paperspublished by academic scientists.
The Palestinian Neuroscience Initiative has already submitted eight research papers, half of which have been published and half are still under academic review.
Their view is that working papers are for review by your peers, and only once you have published in a peer-reviewed academic journal should you circulate for a wider public, having gained the endorsement of the profession.