Under-representation of women working in the geosciences is a global and persistent problem. Retention of women within the geoscience profession is a particular challenge. For example, while the proportion of women studying geology in the US has increased to approximately 40-45% in recent years, up from 25% in the 1980s, many women do not continue on to work as geoscientists. Across all geoscience professions in the US, only 24% of working geoscientists are women, as of 2017. The proportion of women in geoscience faculty positions is even lower, at 20%.
Frontiers in Earth Science is proud to offer a series of Research Topics called Women in Science with the aim to promote the work of women scientists across all fields, including volcanology. We intent to highlight and celebrate the diversity of research performed across the entire breadth of volcanology including disciplines such as geochemistry, igneous and experimental petrology, geophysics, computational modeling, atmospheric sciences, monitoring and forecasting, social sciences, hazard and risk assessment/management, assessment of human and animal health effects, epidemiology, clinical studies, toxicology and risk communication.
We also welcome a range of article types including Original Research, Methods, and Review articles, as well as Policy and Practice reviews, Hypothesis and Theory, Perspective and Opinion articles (for further information: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science#article-types). We particularly welcome articles reflecting on career pathways, highlights, obstacles and how these were overcome.
This Research Topic is a tribute to women working in volcanology and a reminder of the difficulties that some of us still face today. Our aim is to provide a record of the contributions that the women researchers have made in the past and present, which shaped and enriched the field of volcanology.
We encourage you to send us a short abstract outlining the purpose of the research and the principal results obtained, in order to verify at an early stage if the contribution you intend to submit fits with the objectives of the Research Topic.
To be considered for this collection, the first author should be a researcher who identifies as a woman.
Under-representation of women working in the geosciences is a global and persistent problem. Retention of women within the geoscience profession is a particular challenge. For example, while the proportion of women studying geology in the US has increased to approximately 40-45% in recent years, up from 25% in the 1980s, many women do not continue on to work as geoscientists. Across all geoscience professions in the US, only 24% of working geoscientists are women, as of 2017. The proportion of women in geoscience faculty positions is even lower, at 20%.
Frontiers in Earth Science is proud to offer a series of Research Topics called Women in Science with the aim to promote the work of women scientists across all fields, including volcanology. We intent to highlight and celebrate the diversity of research performed across the entire breadth of volcanology including disciplines such as geochemistry, igneous and experimental petrology, geophysics, computational modeling, atmospheric sciences, monitoring and forecasting, social sciences, hazard and risk assessment/management, assessment of human and animal health effects, epidemiology, clinical studies, toxicology and risk communication.
We also welcome a range of article types including Original Research, Methods, and Review articles, as well as Policy and Practice reviews, Hypothesis and Theory, Perspective and Opinion articles (for further information: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science#article-types). We particularly welcome articles reflecting on career pathways, highlights, obstacles and how these were overcome.
This Research Topic is a tribute to women working in volcanology and a reminder of the difficulties that some of us still face today. Our aim is to provide a record of the contributions that the women researchers have made in the past and present, which shaped and enriched the field of volcanology.
We encourage you to send us a short abstract outlining the purpose of the research and the principal results obtained, in order to verify at an early stage if the contribution you intend to submit fits with the objectives of the Research Topic.
To be considered for this collection, the first author should be a researcher who identifies as a woman.
