Insights on poster preparation practices in life sciences.
BioVis
data visualization
data viz
infographics
poster design
science communication
science education
visual communication
Journal
Frontiers in bioinformatics
ISSN: 2673-7647
Titre abrégé: Front Bioinform
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 9918227263306676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
03
05
2023
accepted:
17
10
2023
medline:
29
11
2023
pubmed:
29
11
2023
entrez:
29
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Posters are intended to spark scientific dialogue and are omnipresent at biological conferences. Guides and how-to articles help life scientists in preparing informative visualizations in poster format. However, posters shown at conferences are at present often overloaded with data and text and lack visual structure. Here, I surveyed life scientists themselves to understand how they are currently preparing posters and which parts they struggle with. Biologist spend on average two entire days preparing one poster, with half of the time devoted to visual design aspects. Most receive no design or software training and also receive little to no feedback when preparing their visualizations. In conclusion, training in visualization principles and tools for poster preparation would likely improve the quality of conference posters. This would also benefit other common visuals such as figures and slides, and improve the science communication of researchers overall.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38025399
doi: 10.3389/fbinf.2023.1216139
pii: 1216139
pmc: PMC10646475
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1216139Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Jambor.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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