[2] It appears that the number of papers and signatures is increasing over time.
[citation needed] The average number of authors per paper is higher as well.
[citation needed] The distribution between male (65%) and female (35%) authors is stable over time.
At the submission stage, the authors are asked to provide some basic information about all the resources (in a broad sense, i.e. including tools, standards and evaluation packages), either used or created, described in their papers.
All these descriptors are then gathered in a global matrix called the LRE Map.