Efroymson Rebecca A, Peterson Mark J
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Bioscience. 2020 Sep 30;70(11):1015-1026. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaa107. eCollection 2020 Nov.
Benefits accrue to scientists, resource managers, companies, and policymakers when environmental scientists publish in peer-reviewed journals. However, environmental scientists and practitioners face challenges, including the sometimes low value placed on journal articles, institutional vested interests in outcomes, and the changing priorities of employers and project sponsors. Confidentiality agreements can also lead scientists to assume publication is not an option. Case studies may be viewed by potential authors as too routine for peer-reviewed journals. On the basis of 30 years of experience, we suggest that publishing hurdles can be overcome and that environmental scientists have a range of options. The topics of manuscripts can include not only results from case studies and perspectives based on them but also byproducts of assessments, including definitions, plans, monitoring methods and models, and decision frameworks. Environmental scientists have unique opportunities to move science forward with their practical knowledge if they can move across the institutional, logistical, data-related, and content-related hurdles.
当环境科学家在同行评审期刊上发表文章时，科学家、资源管理者、公司和政策制定者都会从中受益。然而，环境科学家和从业者面临着挑战，包括期刊文章有时价值不高、机构在成果方面的既得利益，以及雇主和项目赞助商不断变化的优先事项。保密协议也可能导致科学家认为无法发表文章。案例研究可能会被潜在作者视为过于常规而不适合在同行评审期刊上发表。基于30年的经验，我们认为可以克服发表障碍，环境科学家有一系列选择。稿件主题不仅可以包括案例研究的结果以及基于这些结果的观点，还可以包括评估的副产品，如定义、计划、监测方法和模型以及决策框架。如果环境科学家能够跨越机构、后勤、数据相关和内容相关的障碍，他们就有独特的机会利用其实践知识推动科学向前发展。
