Ten simple rules for drawing scientific comics

McDermott, Jason E.; Partridge, Matthew; Bromberg, Yana; Markel, Scott

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005845

Ten simple rules for drawing scientific comics

Journal Article · Thu Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2018 · PLoS Computational Biology (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005845· OSTI ID:1421336

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Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Oregon Health & Sciences Univ., Portland, OR (United States)
Cranfield Univ., Bedfordshire (United Kingdom)
Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ (United States); Technische Univ. Munchen, Garching (Germany)
Dassault Systemes, Velizy-Villacoublay (France)

Institutions around the world are fighting to improve science communication all the time. From calls for journal papers to be simplified to encouraging scientists to take more of an active role through community engagement, there is an impetus to demystify and improve public understanding and engagement with science. Technology has greatly helped expand the range of learning styles that a lecturer can call on to reach people in new ways. Social media outlets like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr have expanded the reach of science communication within and across scientific disciplines and to the lay public. Here, with all the videos, interactive quizzes, and instant feedback it can be easy to overlook one of the simplest methods for communicating complex ideas: comics.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1421336

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--127907

Journal Information:: PLoS Computational Biology (Online), Journal Name: PLoS Computational Biology (Online) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 14; ISSN 1553-7358

Publisher:: Public Library of ScienceCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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