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A collection of AWESOME projects, applications, tools, resources for science communication in general.

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Tools for creating figures

  • Adobe Illustrator

    Vector graphics editor and design program developed and marketed by Adobe

  • Altair

    A declarative statistical visualization library for Python, based on Vega and Vega-Lite

  • Asymptote

    Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing

  • Bokeh

    Interactive visualization library for modern web browsers

  • Calligra Karbon

    A vector drawing application with an user interface that is easy to use, highly customizable and extensible

  • CorelDRAW

    A vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation

Tools for creating posters

  • Adobe InDesign

    Professional page layout and design software

  • #BetterPoster

    A new approach to academic poster design emphasizing a single key finding

  • Canva

    Online design platform with research poster templates

  • Inkscape

    Professional vector graphics editor, commonly used for scientific posters

  • LaTeX poster packages

    baposter, beamerposter, tikzposter and other LaTeX classes for academic posters

  • Microsoft PowerPoint

    Widely used for creating academic posters with large-format slides

Tools for creating slides

  • Apple Keynote

    Apple solution to create stunning and memorable presentations

  • Beamer (LaTeX)

    A LaTeX class for producing presentations

  • Calligra Stage

    An easy to use yet still flexible presentation application

  • DeckTape

    High-quality PDF exporter for HTML presentation frameworks

  • Google Slides

    Free Online Presentations for Personal Use

  • impress.js

    Presentation framework inspired by the idea behind prezi.com

Publication databases and preprint servers

  • arXiv

    A free distribution service and an open-access archive

  • bioRxiv

    The preprint server for biology

  • Connected Papers

    Explore connected papers in a visual graph

  • Figshare

    Online open-access repository for research outputs including figures, datasets, and more

  • Google Scholar

    The biggest academic database & search engine

  • Open Science Framework (OSF)

    Free, open platform for research collaboration, preregistration, and preprints

Tools for podcasting and audio

  • Audacity

    Free, open-source, cross-platform audio recording and editing software

  • Descript

    Podcast and video editor with AI transcription and text-based audio editing

  • Riverside

    High-quality remote podcast and video recording platform

  • Zencastr

    Browser-based podcast recording with separate audio tracks

Tools for taking notes

  • Bear

    A beautiful, flexible writing app for crafting notes and prose for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

  • CherryTree

    A hierarchical note taking application

  • Evernote

    App designed for note taking, organizing, task management, and archiving

  • Google Keep

    A note-taking service by Google

  • Joplin

    An open source note-taking app

  • Logseq

    Open-source knowledge management and collaboration platform

Tools for managing your bibliography

  • BibDesk

    Mac bibliography manager

  • CiteMe

    AI-powered academic citation generator. Searches 250M+ papers across 11 databases (OpenAlex, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, etc.) and formats in 40+ citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, ABNT). Free browser extension + web app.

  • JabRef

    An open-source, cross-platform citation and reference management tool

  • KBibTeX

    Reference management application which can be used to collect TeX/LaTeX bibliographies

  • Mendeley

    A free reference manager that can help you store, organize, note, share and cite references and research data

  • Wikipedia - Comparison of reference management software

    Comparison of reference management software

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