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What is CSR?

Columbia Science Review (CSR) is an official Columbia student organization striving to promote public awareness and knowledge of science and technology. CSR presents open platforms where all authors maintaining the authorship and copyrights of the manuscripts and published articles.

CSR has two publications where students can publish: The Columbia Science Review (the Review) and the Journal of Columbia Science Review (the Journal). Articles in the Review are written for the general public; whereas articles in the Journal are written in scientific paper formats. Both graduate and undergraduate students can contribute to CSR by 1) submitting articles as an author, 2) reviewing the submitted manuscripts as a reviewer, or 3) making editorial decisions as an editor.

 


What Do Students Gain from Participating in CSR

1. Educational Benefits

Presenting students' opinion and research activities to audiences encourages students to review their activities and achievements critically. Students writing a review article will be learning the topic issue in constructive manner. Publishing in an open platform where authors retain all rights is both intellectually challenging and educationally beneficial.

2. Professional Benefits

Students pursuing careers related to science will eventually face moments to discuss and transmit scientific knowledge to others. Participating in CSR provides similar experience so that students will be able to present their thoughts and opinion much more professionally than the unexperienced peers.

3. Communal Benefits

In the present world where the influence of science and technology is continuously growing, students with greater scientific literacy will possess broader perspectives and keener insights. Through participating in CSR, students increase their scientific literacy by actively engaging in writing, editing and reviewing articles in science. The general public will receive greater benefit from having future leaders with greater scientific literacy.

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Please Inform Students of CSR

CSR would like to ask faculty members to mention the opportunities and benefits of participating in CSR to both graduate and undergraduate students in pure science, engineering, and/or journalism. http://www.ColumbiaScienceReview.org is the website of Columbia Science Review.

Principal investigators and mentors of student authors should not be worried about potential authorship problems, because all authors of any article published in the publications of CSR retains their respective authorships and copyrights. Therefore, it is very unlikely that articles published in the Review or in the Journal will be questioned of its authorship or originality. The purpose of the Review and the Journal is to present no-copyright-binding, open publishing opportunities for students.

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Faculty Advisory Board

The Faculty Advisory Board of Columbia Science Review is comprised of faculty members and directors of departments and institutions in Columbia University.

If you find the vision and the approach of CSR deserve supports, do not hesitate to contact us. CSR will ask for your advice in organizational and editorial decisions to bring science and technology closer to the Columbia community with greater perfection, professionalism and integrity.

The current Faculty Advisory Board of Columbia Science Review is the following:

Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Prof. Chris H. Wiggins
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Prof. David J. Helfand
Prof. James H. Applegate
Department of Biological Sciences
Prof. Darcy B. Kelley
Prof. Liang Tong
Prof. Robert E. Pollack
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Prof. Van C. Mow
Prof. Alvin Wald
Prof. Helen H. Lu
Prof. Samuel K. Sia
Department of Chemistry
Prof. Laura J. Kaufman
Department of Computer Science
Prof. Adam Cannon
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Prof. Nicholas Christie-Blick
Prof. Steven L. Goldstein
Department of Psychology
Prof. Joy Hirsch
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dr. Jack McGourty
Graduate School of Journalism
Prof. Jonathan Weiner

 


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