Open Science Platform
ScientistsHub is an open platform where contributors explain science, research, and technology clearly enough for anyone to follow. If you can make a hard idea understandable, there is a place for you here.
You do not need a doctorate, a publication record, or a journalism background. You need to know something well and be willing to explain it carefully.
Undergraduates and postgraduates who want to practise explaining what they are learning. No publication record needed.
Academics who want their work read beyond the paywall, in language a non-specialist can follow.
Working scientists in any discipline with something they wish more people understood.
Communicators and journalists who already write about research and want an open-access home for it.
Clinicians, engineers, historians, statisticians — anyone with genuine depth in a field we cover.
People who follow computing, machine learning, and emerging tech closely enough to explain them well.
Every contributor gets a profile page collecting their published work — a portfolio you can point at.
Our editors read every submission and send feedback. Publishing here means being edited, not just posted.
Your article sits behind no paywall and no subscription, indexed and free to read anywhere.
Most people start by writing. These are the other shapes a contribution can take — all of them voluntary.
Write clear, engaging articles that simplify research papers, discoveries, and scientific innovations for a general audience.
Read academic papers and turn their key findings into structured, reader-friendly summaries and explainers.
Review and refine submitted articles for accuracy, clarity, structure, and editorial quality before publication.
Explore datasets and turn trends into charts, context, and plain-language insight that supports a story.
Create visual and multimedia explainers — diagrams, infographics, illustrations — that make hard ideas legible.
Translate computational and engineering concepts into accessible documentation and tutorials.
Help review, curate, and summarise recent studies across disciplines you already read closely.
Identify and organise high-quality science content and research resources worth surfacing to readers.
Learn science communication in practice — writing, summarising, and publishing with editorial guidance.
Support other contributors, help moderate discussion, and keep the community constructive.
Help prepare proposals and outreach material that support open-science initiatives.
It covers tone, structure, citations, formatting, and what we expect from sources. Worth reading before you apply.
Tell us about your background, the areas you know, and share a writing sample or portfolio link if you have one.
Once you are approved, you draft in our editor, an editor reviews it, and it goes live under your byline.
No submission goes live unread. Our editors check claims against their sources, look for missing context, and send drafts back with notes when something needs work. That review is the reason a ScientistsHub byline means something — and it is worth reading our editorial guidelines before you submit, so you know the standard you are writing to.
Applications are open to anyone. Tell us what you know and what you would like to explain.
Questions first? Get in touch.