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ScienceUX works with scientists, designers, educators, and organizations to make scientific work easier to understand, use, and share.

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Bringing UX into scientific practices

We use UX principles to make scientific information easier to understand, navigate, and act on. Here's what that looks like when we apply UX to a scientific poster.

Original. Traditional wall-of-text poster.

In an eye-tracking pilot study with 13 academics, #betterposter v2 helped participants find relevant information, understand results better. Read the study(opens in a new tab)

Explore latest work

Different research deserves different ways of being presented. Start with the layout that best fits your story and presentation style.

  • The CRediT Role Icons site: a honeycomb of contributor-role icons grouped into Strategy & Leadership, Research & Data, Infrastructure, and Dissemination, beside the Conceptualization role's definition.

    CRediT Role Icons

    The CRediT Role Icon Project explores how better UX can increase CRediT adoption and awareness among journals and authors.

    Visit CRediT Role Icons (opens in a new tab)Completed
  • Tufte’s Razor, an interactive guide to the data-ink ratio: “How much data is there in your chart?” above a default-styled bar chart and a guess-first question about its shaded background.

    Tufte's Razor

    An interactive guide to Edward Tufte's data-ink ratio. Guess first, then strip a cluttered chart back one change at a time and watch how much of its ink starts showing data.

    Visit Tufte's Razor (opens in a new tab)Completed

From the ScienceUX Journal

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A rendered poster session: a researcher standing beside a bench in an aisle of posters.

Add seats and billboard-posters to make poster sessions more accessible (opens in a new tab)

How can we make scientific poster sessions more accessible to scientists with disabilities? Our study of 400+ conference attendees provides insights.

Mike Morrison

Have a scientific problem that needs better design?

We work with scientists, researchers, and organizations to make scientific work easier to understand, use, and share by bringing UX principles and psychology to science. Let's work together for #betterscience

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Have a project, idea, or question? Tell us a little about it and we'll get back to you.

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