Influence of Author's Gender on the Peer-Review Process in Vision Science

•First and last female authorships are unevenly distributed by country, journal, and topic.•Review and acceptance times are significantly higher for female-authored manuscripts.•Delays >1 month to get published were found in some research topics.•It has a multifactorial origin: gender bias, women fear to be held to higher standards, etc.•Awareness may assist in the implementation of preventive and corrective measures.