Women in Science: Astronomy and Space Sciences

We are delighted to present the 2022 Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences ‘Women in Science: Astronomy and Space Sciences' article collection.

At present, according to UNESCO, less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women. Long-standing biases and gender stereotypes are discouraging girls and women away from science-related fields, and STEM research in particular. Science and gender equality are, however, essential to ensure sustainable development as highlighted by UNESCO. In order to change traditional mindsets, gender equality must be promoted, stereotypes defeated, and girls and women should be encouraged to pursue STEM careers.

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science took place on 11th February 2022, commemorating the goal of full and equal access and participation for women and girls in science, and International Women’s Day took place on 8th March 2022. Both occasions aim to highlight the need for gender equality.

In this spirit, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences has been developing Research Topics as part of our ‘Women in Science’ series, following on from these occasions. We are proud to offer the next Research Topic in this series, Women in Science: Astronomy and Space Sciences, as a platform to promote the work of women scientists. The work presented here highlights the diversity of research performed across the entire breadth of Astronomy and Space Science research and presents advances in theory, experiment and methodology with applications to compelling problems.

Please note: To be considered for this collection, the lead and/or corresponding author should be a woman.

Keywords: space physics, women, STEM, magnetosphere, ionosphere, solar wind, coronal physics, space weather, space plasma, #CollectionSeries

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.