With support from The Kavli Foundation, the Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) is preparing a special issue about communicating basic, discovery science. The goal is to produce a scholarly record of current knowledge and insights into relevant research and practice and stimulate new research and reflection around this topic, building on what has been achieved via SciPEP. The journal invites researchers, practitioners, policymakers and funders to submit contributions to science communication research, practice and training specifically relevant to discovery science.
Find the full call for abstract here.
Timeline and submissions
The deadline for abstracts is 1 February 2024.
Authors will be informed by 15 March 2024 whether they are invited to submit a full manuscript, which will be due by 30 June 2024.
The target date for producing the journal issue is October 2024.
Kindly submit your 500-word abstract to the JCOM deputy editor (Marina Joubert) at: marinajoubert@sun.ac.za
The abstract must indicate whether the contribution is intended as a research article (typically 6,000 to 8,000 words), a practice insight (3,000 to 5,000 words), or an essay (3,500 to 4,500 words).
The guest editors of this special edition are:
Rick Borchelt (guest editor)
Professor Sara Yeo (University of Utah)
Dr T.Y. Branch (Leibniz University Hannover)
Dr Julia Cramer (Leiden University)
Dr Jeanne Garbarino (The Rockefeller University)
Professor Marina Joubert (Stellenbosch University)
For enquiries kindly contact: Professor Marina Joubert, Stellenbosch University (marinajoubert@sun.ac.za)