Catalin Barboianu

I conduct a program related to a science-communication research project that encourages non-academic sites to adopt a specific form of science journalism for making research results available for the general audience (acronym ScCom at PhilScience). We collaborate with experts, writers, and site owners in various niches, who want to get involved and be cited as sources in our academic publications and research reports. We are looking to connect with experts in any niche with the ability to write and post on their sites (or sites for which they write) friendly summarizing versions of journal articles cited in our academic publications. Such summaries will be cited as sources for a better reading and understanding of the academic topics being cited. Currently we give priority to niches related to academia (education, health care, technology, travel, writing, etc.), but any legal niche is welcome. We also expect you to share your particular experience in adopting this form of science journalism in your niche, which we could also cite in our research reports. We assist you in choosing from a list of articles a topic of interest for your audience and in writing the summary, if necessary. Once the summary is posted on your site, we will cite it in the publication where the associated journal article is cited. Example: Katz, D. L., & Meller, S. (2014). Can we say what diet is best for health?. Annual Review of Public Health, 35(1), 83-103. Summary [anchor for the URL where the summary is posted]. The publication incorporating the citation of the summary will go live first on a research report following to be posted on Researchgate and PhilScience Magazine. Other academic channels (like science repositories, academic archives, science blogs, and university scholarship resources) are further considered for dissemination, depending on publication and its revisions.