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Peer Reviewed. Publishing results of research projects in peer-reviewed journals enables the scientific and medical community to evaluate the findings themselves.
How do scientist communicate and share results?
The main ways that scientists communicate research results is by publishing the results in journals. Journals are archived and can be read by other people in the future. Publications give scientists the most long-lasting and widespread audience. A recent movement in journal publishing is called open-access.
Data sharing allows researchers to build upon the work of others rather than repeat already existing research. Sharing data also enables researchers to perform meta-analyses on the current research topic. Meta-analyses are important for gathering larger trends over a wider regional or topic area.
Why do scientists compare data?
Comparison is used to determine and quantify relationships between two or more variables by observing different groups that either by choice or circumstance are exposed to different treatments.
What are some ways scientists and you communicate?
There are several ways that scientists communicate our results, including written reports and scientific journal publications, and by giving presentations to our colleagues and the public. One popular venue for scientists to present to colleagues is at scientific conferences.
How are scientists able to communicate their findings?
Scientists sometimes opt to bring their papers to present at scientific meetings instead of going through scientific journals. This allows scientists to present the most up-to-date findings, something often impossible to do with scientific journals because of the time needed for peer review, revisions and publication.
Why do scientists refer to their research results?
A scientist has many reasons for doing so, including building her reputation as a scientist, benefitting from peer review, and being able to directly present her research to other scientists in her field. Other scientists can easily access most scientific journals in their fields and therefore are likely to refer to results published in these
How do scientists share their results with the public?
Often, after the scientific community reviews and confirms results, either through scientific journals or meetings, the responsible scientists will push their results into the public, accepting interviews from journalists or appearing on television shows to talk about their findings.
Why do scientists have to go to scientific meetings?
Scientific meetings allow scientists in specialized fields to come together and discuss, face-to-face, many issues in science. But one primary reason for these meetings is the ability to share research results. Scientists sometimes opt to bring their papers to present at scientific meetings instead of going through scientific journals.