The Collaborative Publication Program is a professional development opportunity for students designed to enhance their scientific writing and reviewing skills. The goal of this program is to provide participants with mentorship on Publication with the opportunity to produce high-quality manuscripts on the topic of general interest to ESA members. This program is led by the ESA Student Affairs Committee.
This program aims to help students:
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Develop upon scientific writing skills
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Provide guidance and leadership from early career professionals and ESA editors
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Expand your collaborative writing/editing network outside of your university
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Collaboratively contribute to a peer-reviewed article
Deadline: July 15
Participation is not guaranteed.
The Student Affair Committee will review applications and early applicants will be prioritized.
Program Overview
This program will result in a review article which encompasses two controversial topics in entomology. Similar to the previous student debates, student teams will be assigned to a stance for one of the topics, and students will collaborate with other team members to write a section of the review article which defends this stance. Teams will also be paired with early career professionals mentors to provide suggestions and feedback. Additionally, webinars and mentorship on a diverse set of topics relating to the publication process will be provided by the ESA Publications Council.
We believe this pilot opportunity will still be highly beneficial for students’ academic and professional development, offering a unique chance to work closely with peers and experts in the field.
Topic and Stance
Topic 1: Should AI and automation become an integral part of entomological education and research?
- Stance 1: Yes, AI and automation can increase accuracy, efficiency, and accessibility for entomologists.
- Stance 2: No, Over-reliance on AI risks eroding foundational skills, critical thinking, and entomological practices.
Topic 2: Should insect collections and killing insects be a part of public education, K-k12 education, or even introductory/survey course education in college?
- Stance 1: Yes
- Stance 2: No
Timeline
- June 1, 2025: Application open for signing up for the program
- July 15, 2025: Deadline for signup. Participation is not guaranteed. The Student Affair Committee will review applications and early applicants will be prioritized.
- July 22, 2025: SAC will review the application and notify to the participants
- End of July: Webinar by Publication team: Webinar on how to do literature review and structure a manuscript
- August 21, 2025: Each team will submit the first draft for each stance. All the mentors (4; one for each stance) need to be finalized by this date
- September 2nd week: Mentorship and feedbacks from early career professional on the first draft
- September 3rd week: Webinar by Publication team: Webinar on how to address reviewer and editors comments, write a cover letter, submit manuscripts to journals and deal with the rejection?
- October 15, 2025: Each team should submit the 900-word summary due to SAC. This should be formatted for publication in the Journal of Insect Science. This should be a polished, complete summary, not a rough draft or outline. Include citations in the body of the text and the full references cited list. All documents must contain the topic/stance and the team member names in the header.
- Last week of October: Mentorship: Get feedbacks on the summary from mentors / early career professionals
- November 9-12: Participants meet during the Annual meeting
- December 20, 2025: Each team submits the final version of the 900-word summary due to SAC for submission to Journal of Insect Science. This should be your complete and final version for publication. Include citations in the body of the text and the full references cited list.