English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Free Plan

Science magazines have an important role in disseminating scientific knowledge into the public sphere and in discussing the broader scope affected by scientific research such as technology, ethics and politics. Student-run science magazines afford opportunities for future scientists, communicators, politicians and others to practice communicating science. The ability to translate ‘scientese’ into a jargon-free discussion is rarely easy: it requires practice, and student magazines may provide good practice ground for undergraduate and graduate science students wishing to improve their communication skills. Publishing research articles in peer-reviewed journals is also an acquired skill and many undergraduate students lack the knowledge, confidence and skills to publish their work. Once again, practice is available in student peer-reviewed journals. These are popular in the USA and have recently become more popular in Europe, especially at the UK universities. These journals are usually aimed at undergraduates interested in staying in academia, and give them the opportunity to publish their research while learning about science publishing and science research at the same time. In this paper I report on the exploratory results of an Internet search made for student science journals and magazines in the USA and Europe. I describe these publications and discuss their role in the communication of science and science education whilst acknowledging the current lack of academic studies about such publications. I also note the recent rise in their popularity in Europe and predict an increase in such publications in the near future.

Student science publishing: an exploratory study of undergraduate science research journals and popular science magazines in the US and Europe