RE: Being A Member Of The SteemSTEM Community
Sure, a 12-page report on the physical dimensions of spines on the leaves of Western Sarahan cacti or whatever is important in some academic circles, but what value has it to the steemstem community readers, and to a larger extent, Steemit itself? If the answer is ‘nothing’, perhaps you should reconsider the topic
This part is something I will like to make some additions.
Articles in academic circles have their places here as well. I mean making it more understandable to the community as well as globally, than it would be reported in a scientific article. I have seen posts having over 30,000 views with 10 upvotes. Thats means, many people outside steemit read the article. This will in one way or the other bring people to the platform. This means the content brings value more than to steemit alone. I will like to say that an academician that probably comes accross a research work summary posted on steemit, will develop some curiosity for the platform. Summarily, the value should be to and beyond steemit.
In a PhD forum, it was advised that your research articles should be blogged. This is because you can reach a wider audience this way. I think steemit is a place to also blog such research articles, since it can give access to even get such articles behind paywall, directly from authors.
Am a delighted to have been part of this great community since I joined steemit. Great work by steemSTEM curators.
L true, one thing I enjoy challenging myself with is reading a seemingly boring paper, such as the one where researchers found a mouse up a hill, and writing about it in a way that shows how interesting it actually is when you take out the professional jargon.
You're right that this should play a bigger role in academia, and with papers getting increasingly unreadable over the decades, we're only going in the wrong direction
That is a field dependent statement. As soon as you master the basics (this is maybe the point), papers can be easily read and understood. At least in my field.