The issue focused on current and past cases of sexual harassment and abuse of women in the scientific community. The report found that of the 1,621 participants in the study population who had experienced a significant incident of sexual harassment in science in the past 10 years, 12% reported that the offender had been the leader of the study group or had served on a leadership committee. Of these 12% of the participants who had experienced sexual harassment in the past 10 years, it was more likely to be perpetrated by other women than