Poster presentation for I Meeting of Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution, 2020

1. JOURNAL OF GEEK STUDIES
A PLATFORM FOR GEEK SCIENCE
COMMUNICATION
R.B. Salvador1, J.V. Tomotani2 & B.M. Tomotani3
1 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand
2 Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
3 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, The Netherlands

2. #scicomm
 Scientists: must communicate their work to
society
 Why communicate just our own work? 
we can science the hell out of everything!
 Sci comm works best when person can
establish meaningful connections with the
topic
 What’s better way to establish connection
than geek culture?
 That’s why we started the online sci comm
magazine: Journal of Geek Studies
Journal of Geek Studies:
 non-profit / open access
 license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
 2020: 7th volume
 2 issues per year (June & December)
 but prompt online publication
 non peer-reviewed
 >70 articles published so far
 from Physics and Computer Science, to History and
Archaeology, to Biology and Paleontology
 btw, Paleontology is always good at capturing the public’s
attention!
Articles must have:
something sciency... ...and something geeky

3. Are sci-fi monsters possible?
Biology of monster centipedes
Something sciency:
Something geeky:
Paleo-articles examples
Fiction vs reality
‘Dinosaurs’ in Super Mario Bros
Something sciency:
Something geeky:
The dark side of Paleontology
Fake fossils & Pokémon
Something sciency:
Something geeky:

4. The fossil squid from Mordor
One squid to rule them all
Something sciency:
Something geeky:
Systematics & phylogenetics examples
Are u a kid or a squid?
Phylogeny of squid kids
Sciency & geeky at the same time!
Kaiju phylogenetics
Pterosaurological analysis of Rodan
Something sciency:
Something geeky:

5. There are still plenty of fossils and fantastic creatures out there.
So what are you waiting for?
Write something for us!
Find us online
Website: jgeekstudies.org
@journalgeekstudies
@JGeekStudies
@jgeekstudies