It looks pretty basic, right? That’s because it is supposed to be that way. Let’s take a look at some visual abstracts. What does it mean to have good communication in the scientific world? If we have trouble doing that - and we often do - then we have a problem that needs solving. Our goal is to simply communicate our findings. However, as scientists, we are not aiming to be known for our perfect art or designing skills.
You must have a clear and thorough idea of the subject before even starting.Įven if you follow all rules of data visualization and look for hundreds of tutorials, practice is indeed the only way to perfection. Undoubtedly, making a good visual abstract is no easy feat. Some figures are so innovative and spectacular that they make us question ourselves as to how they were made. They allow fast screening of the information, while also stimulating further exploration of the research topic. The visual abstracts intend to make the reader aware of the research article in a few minutes and usually contains the overall idea of experimental design, hypothesis and an indication of results. They can summarize research articles, review articles or short communications. Visual abstracts are high-resolution images representing the overall idea of a research paper. The publishers are adopting visual elements, infographics and visual abstract in all sorts of scientific areas, including non-biological fields, like Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, etc, although apparently the “movement” started in Physiology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience and other medical-related fields. Also, with recent changes in publishing format, almost all the publishing houses are encouraging submission with visual abstracts. On the other hand, other sciences are only now finding out the benefits of using visual stimuli to reach different and bigger audiences.Īround the world, many journals are already adapting their content to this new visual abstract format. On that matter, there is a new and trending expression popping out: visual abstract.Įspecially for Life sciences and Health sciences, visual abstract and scientific infographics have been good partners to communicate new findings and relevant information to other scientists and lay audience. It demands getting updated to new techniques and tools.
However, the scientific life outside the laboratory demands more than that. The academic life requires a good domain of writing a paper.
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