Dear ECOLOG, Lauren Kuehne and I recently published an opinion article in PNAS (Lay Summaries needed to enhance science communication; http://www.pnas.org/content/112/12/3585) promoting the requirement and publication of lay summaries with peer-reviewed research articles.
In the article, we outlined the potential for lay summaries to improve transparency, openness, and accessibility of scientific research, particularly in the rapidly changing science media landscape. It's been pretty enthusiastically received, and we are planning to follow up with major ecology and conservation journals requesting that they adopt and publish lay summaries as part of the peer-review process. We've created an open letter and are inviting scientists to sign if they support the idea http://washington.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bQIXBWeha7Aeahv If you feel inclined, please circulate via Twitter https://twitter.com/oldenfish/status/581537160228016128 Thanks so much for your consideration. Sincerely, Julian Olden --- Julian D. Olden Freshwater Ecology & Conservation Lab School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195 e: ol...@uw.edu, t: 206.616.3112 skype: goldenolden w: http://www.fish.washington.edu/research/oldenlab ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julian_Olden Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/oldenfish
