Publishing in community and citizen science

Jean J. Schensul, Ph.D. , Institute for Community Research, Joseph Roche, Associate Professor in Science Education at Trinity College Dublin and James Sprinks, Senior Researcher at Earthwatch Europe gave training on "Publishing in community and citizen science" to the ECS Academy network of researchers training series 2024. The network of researchers for citizen science (NR4CS) is a network developed as part of the European Citizen Science Academy, and moderated and coordinated by Université Paris Cité, UPCité/Learning Planet Institute and Marie Curie Alumni Association, MCAA. The presentation includes 19 slides. The presentation covers the following topics: Overview: What to consider when seeking for and deciding on a journal or other publication option Journals: About the Community Science Exchange (part of the Community Science Journal, CSJ) Journals: About Citizen Science: Theory and Practice (CSTP) Target audience for your publication Submitting a Peer Reviewed Paper to Community Science Journal Submitting Materials to the Communicty Science Exchange Hub Some additional social science, health and medicine journals to consider AGU (Advacing earth and space sciences) journals with high potential for interaction with citizen sicence in addition to citizen sicence theory and practice Special collections Readings: Academic writing in museums Readings: A handbook: Academic Writing for Museum Communicators Readings: Essential Skills for Early Career Researchers by Joseph Roche Course: An Introduction to Academic Writing and Publishing for Citizen Scientists This power point was used as part of a training for the network of resaerchesr for citizen science as part of the ECS Academy. You can find the recorded version of the training here.