Many papers have been published by Saudis but the public do not know much about it. This paper shows how to let them now about what has been done.

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Bridging the Gap Between
Scientific Journals and Society
Mansour Alghamdi
Scientific Awareness and Publishing
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
The 2nd Saudi International Conference on Scientific Publishing 2015
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 11-13 Oct 2015

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Decision Makers
Industry
Public

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Scientific Magazines
Australia Australian Geographic
Australasian Science
New Scientist
Cosmos
Austria Universum
Brazil Galileu
Superinteressante
Bulgaria Da znaem poveche
Denmark Aktuel Naturvidenskab
Illustreret Videnskab
Finland Tiede
France La Recherche
Pour la Science
Science & Vie
Germany Spektrum der
Wissenschaft
India Current Science
Sandarbh
Science Reporter
Ireland Science Spin[1]
Italy Airone
Focus
Le Scienze
Pakistan Global Science
Amali Science
Poland Wszechświat
Republic of Macedonia
Emiter
Romania Science World
Stiinta si Tehnica
Russia Nauka i Zhizn
Tehnika Molodezhi
Serbia SciTech
Planeta
Sri Lanka Vidusara
Sweden Illustrerad Vetenskap
Turkey Bilim ve Teknik
United Kingdom All About Space
BBC Focus
BBC Knowledge
BBC Sky at Night
Guru Magazine
Laboratory News
Nature
New Scientist
Physics World
Practical Reptile Keeping
United States General American
Scientist
Discover
MIT Technology Review
Popular Science
New Scientist
Science News
Scientific American
Seed
Wired

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• Mainly about KSA research
• Accurate/reliable information
• Simple Arabic language
• Illustrations
• Possible applications
• Interviews
• Statistics
‫البحوث‬ ‫أضواء‬
‫البحوث‬ ‫أضواء‬

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Scientific Magazines
Journals ReadersWriters
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Publications by countries in the region (KACST-Thomson Reuters)J
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Nature Arabic Edition: Saudi Readers
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2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
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13-11
13-12
14-01
14-02
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14-04
14-05
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14-12
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Tunisia Palestine Jordan UAE Libya Yemen Kuwait Syria Oman Turki
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Scientific Writers/JournalistsW

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KACST Supported Scientific Magazines
Nature Arabic Edition:
• Published by NPG, supported by KACST
• 10,000 hardcopies
• >100,000 followers & website readers
• Monthly
• Translation of the Nature English version
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Science and Technology for Teens:
• Published by KACST
• 5,000 hardcopies
• >10,000 followers & website readers
• Quarterly
• Translation of the French Science & Vie
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KACST Scientific Magazines
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Science and Technology:
• Published by KACST
• 5,000 hardcopies
• >10,000 followers & website readers
• Quarterly
• Authorship
M KACST Scientific Magazines
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Alfaisal Scientific:
• Published by King Faisal Foundation,
supported by KACST
• Hardcopies
• Website readers
• Quarterly
• Authorship
M KACST Supported Scientific Magazines
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KACST Publications
http://publications.kacst.edu.sa

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THANK YOU
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