Total SciComm: A Strategy for Communicating Open Science

Total SciComm: A Strategy for Communicating Open Science

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This paper seeks to introduce a strategy of science communication: Total SciComm or all-out science communication.We proposed that to maximize the outreach and impact, scientists should use different media to communicate different aspects of science, from core ideas to methods.The paper VITAMIN B-12 5000MCG uses an example of a debate surrounding a now-retracted article in the Oil Nature journal, in which open data, preprints, social media, and blogs are being used for a meaningful scientific conversation.The case embodied the central idea of Total SciComm: the scientific community employs every medium to communicate scientific ideas and engages all scientists in the process.