Saunders Manu E, Duffy Meghan A, Heard Stephen B, Kosmala Margaret, Leather Simon R, McGlynn Terrence P, Ollerton Jeff, Parachnowitsch Amy L
UNE Business School/School of Environmental and Rural Sciences, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
R Soc Open Sci. 2017 Oct 4;4(10):170957. doi: 10.1098/rsos.170957. eCollection 2017 Oct.
The popularity of science blogging has increased in recent years, but the number of academic scientists who maintain regular blogs is limited. The role and impact of science communication blogs aimed at general audiences is often discussed, but the value of science community blogs aimed at the academic community has largely been overlooked. Here, we focus on our own experiences as bloggers to argue that science community blogs are valuable to the academic community. We use data from our own blogs ( = 7) to illustrate some of the factors influencing reach and impact of science community blogs. We then discuss the value of blogs as a standalone medium, where rapid communication of scholarly ideas, opinions and short observational notes can enhance scientific discourse, and discussion of personal experiences can provide indirect mentorship for junior researchers and scientists from underrepresented groups. Finally, we argue that science community blogs can be treated as a primary source and provide some key points to consider when citing blogs in peer-reviewed literature.
近年来，科学博客的受欢迎程度有所提高，但定期维护博客的学术科学家数量有限。针对普通受众的科学传播博客的作用和影响经常被讨论，但针对学术群体的科学社区博客的价值在很大程度上被忽视了。在此，我们基于自己作为博主的经历，论证科学社区博客对学术群体是有价值的。我们使用自己博客（n = 7）的数据来说明影响科学社区博客影响力和传播范围的一些因素。然后，我们讨论博客作为一种独立媒介的价值，在这种媒介中，学术观点、意见和简短观察记录的快速传播可以加强科学论述，而个人经历的讨论可以为初级研究人员和代表性不足群体的科学家提供间接指导。最后，我们认为科学社区博客可以被视为主要来源，并提供在同行评审文献中引用博客时需要考虑的一些要点。
