JMBE Seeking Manuscripts On Citizen Science

JMBE is now accepting manuscripts for a second thematic issue centered around scientific citizenship. The themed issue will be organized and peer-reviewed by a team of Guest Editors and Reviewers, led by Jack Gilbert of Argonne National Laboratory. The issue will be published as a standalone issue in March 2016. This call solicits submissions that pertain (but are not limited to) the following topics:

• Teaching citizen science to students at the K12, undergraduate or graduate/professional level.
• Engaging, educating, and training citizens who have minimal science background.
• National and global citizen science initiatives.
• Policy issues stemming from citizen science.
• Service learning and outreach dedicated to citizen science.
• Citizen science research.
• Reviews of resources that promote discussion about citizen science.
• Submissions on scientific citizenship-related topics not identified above.

For more information, please visit http://www.asmscience.org/content/journal/jmbe.