From left and top: Maria ‘Deng’ Palomares, Heliana Teixeira, Phoebe Koundouri, Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, and Sílvia C. Gonçalves.
The Sea Around Us manager, Dr. Maria ‘Deng’ Palomares, is one of the editors of a new research topic in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science titled “Women in Marine Science: 2026.”
Together with Dr. Heliana Teixeira from the University of Aveiro in Portugal, Dr. Phoebe Koundouri, from the Athens University of Economics and Business in Greece, Dr. Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil, and Dr. Sílvia C. Gonçalves, from the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria in Portugal, Dr. Palomares has taken on the mission of bringing visibility to research conducted or led by women and showcase the diversity of topics investigated by them across the field.
The team expects to receive submissions covering a wide scope of marine science and ocean-related themes, with emphasis on those that highlight advances in theory, experimental work, technological developments and methodological applications to compelling problems, data modelling into policy design and implementation for better management, and interdisciplinary approaches to conservation of marine biodiversity and resources.
“With a strong focus on original science work, this research topic also welcomes submissions that address gender equality aspects, such as challenges or barriers women researchers face across the field of ocean science,” the editorial team pointed out.
For submissions to be accepted, the first or last author should be a researcher who identifies as a woman.
The group welcomes original research papers, reviews or perspective papers, but other types of submissions will also be considered. More information can be found on https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/79817/women-in-marine-science-2026