Scicomm Tip #42: Why Maintain a Science Blog Researchers are busy people. They must teach, publish, and attend conferences.

Despite their workload, they should still maintain a blog to build their careers, find collaborators and get research ideas.

Here are 3 reasons to start a blog.

The media uses Google to find experts. Having an active blog increases visibility and leads to book deals, TV spots and awards.

Having a blog greatly improves research papers by informally pitching new research ideas and forcing authors to write in a more accessible way.

Finally, blogging also reveals your work to researchers who might not know about you but who would want to collaborate.

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