Science–graphic art partnerships to increase research impact
Colin K. Khoury, Yael Kisel, Michael Benjamin Kantar, Ellie Barber, Vincent Ricciardi, Carni Klirs, Leah Kucera, Zia Mehrabi, Nathanael Johnson, Simone Klabin, Álvaro Valiño, Kelsey Nowakowski, Ígnasi Bartomeus, Navin Ramankutty, Allison J. Miller, Meagan E. Schipanski, Michael A. Gore, Ari Novy · Communications Biology · 2019
Graphics are becoming increasingly important for scientists to effectively communicate their findings to broad audiences, but most researchers lack expertise in visual media. We suggest collaboration between scientists and graphic designers as a way forward and discuss the results of a pilot project to test this type of collaboration.