Gender diversity enhances research by bringing diverse perspectives and innovative approaches. It ensures equitable solutions that address the needs of diverse populations. However, gender disparity persists in research where women remain underrepresented, which might limit diversity and innovation. Many even leave scientific careers as their contributions often go unnoticed and undervalued. Therefore, understanding gender-based contributions and collaboration dynamics is crucial to addressing this gap and creating a more inclusive research environment. In this study, we analyzed 2,000 articles published over the past decade in the Journal of Systems and Software (JSS). From these, we selected 384 articles that detailed authors' contributions and contained both female and male authors to investigate gender-based contributions. Our contributions are fourfold. First, we analyzed women's engagement in software systems research. Our analysis showed that only 32.74% of the total authors are women and female-led or supervised studies were fewer than those of men. Second, we investigated female authors' contributions across 14 major roles. Interestingly, we found that women contributed comparably to men in most roles, with more contributions in conceptualization, writing, and reviewing articles. Third, we explored the areas of software systems research and found that female authors are more actively involved in human-centric research domains. Finally, we analyzed gender-based collaboration dynamics. Our findings revealed that female supervisors tended to collaborate locally more often than national-level collaborations. Our study highlights that females' contributions to software systems research are comparable to those of men. Therefore, the barriers need to be addressed to enhance female participation and ensure equity and inclusivity in research.

翻译：性别多样性通过引入多元视角和创新方法，能够增强研究的活力。它有助于确保解决方案的公平性，满足不同群体的需求。然而，研究领域中的性别差异依然存在，女性代表性不足的问题持续存在，这可能限制多样性和创新。许多女性甚至因为其贡献常被忽视和低估而离开了科研生涯。因此，理解基于性别的贡献和协作动态对于弥合这一差距、创建更具包容性的研究环境至关重要。在本研究中，我们分析了《系统与软件杂志》（JSS）过去十年发表的2000篇文章。从中，我们选取了384篇详细说明作者贡献且包含男女作者的文章，以探究基于性别的贡献。我们的贡献主要体现在四个方面。首先，我们分析了女性在软件系统研究中的参与情况。分析显示，全部作者中仅有32.74%为女性，且由女性主导或监督的研究少于男性。其次，我们调查了女性作者在14个主要角色中的贡献。有趣的是，我们发现女性在大多数角色中的贡献与男性相当，在概念化、文章撰写和审稿方面贡献更多。第三，我们探索了软件系统研究的各个领域，发现女性作者更积极地参与以人为中心的研究领域。最后，我们分析了基于性别的协作动态。我们的发现表明，女性导师倾向于进行本地协作的频率高于国家级协作。我们的研究强调，女性对软件系统研究的贡献与男性相当。因此，需要解决现有障碍，以提升女性参与度，并确保研究的公平性与包容性。