Ten Simple Rules for Getting involved in your scientific community

Ten Simple Rules for Getting involved in your scientific community

http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1002232

Activities such as organizing conferences and workshops, answering questions and discussing scientific ideas online, contributing to a scientific blog, or participating in open source software projects are typically thought of as outside classic research activity. Having scientists involved in those activities, however, is very important for the community to be dynamic and to promote fruitful discussions and collaborations.


encourage your colleagues to play an active role in the scientific community
want to maintain a balance with the activities directly related to your research projects
remember that you are not alone
If you know why you are doing it and if you enjoy it, you will take the time to do it, and you will do it well