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Diversity and inclusion

COVID-19 lockdowns boosted astronomy publications but worsened the gender gap, finds study

28 Nov 2022 Laura Hiscott
women working from home
Mind the gap: A study found that women published 8.9 papers for every 10 published by men before the COVID-19 pandemic, but this has now dropped to 8.8 papers (courtesy: iStock_FOTOGRAFIA-INC)
Astronomers published more papers per year during the COVID-19 pandemic than they did beforehand –

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