When choosing a paper to cover, ask yourself if the paper is…
Yours: We strongly encourage researchers to submit first-person summaries of their own recently published papers.
Recent: Sciworthy articles should cover papers that are no more than 2 years old and must be published in a peer reviewed journal
Distillable: The process of the study can be explained using everyday language or by working the definitions of scientific vocabulary into the narrative.
Familiar: A non-scientist might be aware of or familiar with the general subject matter.
Connected: It updates non-scientists on the current knowledge of something they learned in their K-12 school years. (Examples: acid rain, the ozone hole, Galileo, Einstein)
Outside the Box: It is particularly creative, clever, unique, or daring.
Trending: It is trending in the news, but people are getting it wrong.
Relevant: It provides incremental knowledge toward one of the 20 Big Questions.