Women in astronomy (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Women in astronomy

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Women comprise about 20% of all astronomers worldwide, but their productivity, as measured by annual number of publications, has lagged behind that of their male colleagues. The COVID-19 pandemic set them back even more, a new study finds.

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Niel Freese, UC Berkeley

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