A long-standing tradition in printed scientific journals is the cover image. As print publishing is disappearing, this tradition is fading, but some electronic journals have chosen to keep it alive.
The purpose of a cover image is to promote the journal, a specific research or the authors of a newly published article. Although such exposure does not necessarily guarantee more citations, including in Nature (Broadberry 2013; Wang et al., 2015; Kong and Wang, 2020; Battiston et al., 2022), it is with great pride that we announce that our latest scientific contribution published in Plos Computational Biology has been chosen to be the front cover of the April 2023 issue of this scientific publication.
PLoS Computational Biology Issue Image | Vol. 19(4) May 2023. (2023). PLOS Computational Biology, 19(4), ev19.i04. https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/issue?id=10.1371/issue.pcbi.v19.i04
Arnaud, V., Pellegrino, F., Keenan, S., St-Gelais, X., Mathevon, N., Levréro, F., & Coupé, C. (2023). Improving the workflow to crack Small, Unbalanced, Noisy, but Genuine (SUNG) datasets in bioacoustics: The case of bonobo calls. PLOS Computational Biology, 19(4), e1010325. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010325
The picture and the editing of this cover image are the creation of François Pellegrino, co-author of this paper. The picture was taken at the Vallée des singes (France) and according to Corinne, this shot could have been entitled Kelele’s revenge…
This announcement is relayed by :
- L’Essor Loire, Saint-Etienne : l’intelligence artificielle pour comprendre les bonobos, 17 aout 2023.
- Entrevue radiophonique de Vincent Arnaud avec Catherine Doucet, Un chercheur de l’UQAC s’intéresse au langage du bonobo grâce à l’IA, Émission « Place publique », Ici Radio-Canada Saguenay (diffusion régionale), 6 juillet 2023.
- If Saint-Étienne, ChatGPT et cie peuvent aider à traduire le bonobo, 16 mai 2023.
- Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Étienne (France), Une équipe scientifique mondiale révèle comment l’IA démêle le répertoire vocal complexe du bonobo (communiqué de presse), 16 mai 2023.
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Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne [@Univ_St_Etienne]. (2023, mai 16). 🐒 Une équipe scientifique mondiale, dont des chercheurs de l’équipe ENES #UJM, révèle comment l’Intelligence Artificielle permet d’analyser le répertoire vocal complexe du bonobo. 👉Une étude parue dans la revue @PLOSCompBiol ➡ https://tinyurl.com/2699jj6u https://t.co/6Ry6zXhAQ2 [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/Univ_St_Etienne/status/1658464515275771907
- Nicolas Mathevon [@MathevonNicolas]. (2023, mai 11). Bonobos get the cover of @PLOSCompBiol 🍾 ! Check out this new paper by ENES Bioacoustics Lab & Co @Univ_St_Etienne reporting how machine learning help understand the vocalizations of hard to record animals ! Https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/issue?id=10.1371/issue.pcbi.v19.i04 @InstUnivFr #bonobo #bioacoustics [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/MathevonNicolas/status/1656574043238154240
References
Battiston, P., Sacco, P. L., & Stanca, L. (2022). Cover effects on citations uncovered: Evidence from Nature. Journal of Informetrics, 16(2), 101293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101293
Broadberry, L. (2013, january 9). Interactions: The Cover Stories. Altmetric. https://www.altmetric.com/blog/interactions-the-cover-stories/
Kong, L., & Wang, D. (2020). Comparison of citations and attention of cover and non-cover papers. Journal of Informetrics, 14(4), 101095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101095
Wang, X., Liu, C., & Mao, W. (2015). Does a paper being featured on the cover of a journal guarantee more attention and greater impact? Scientometrics, 102(2), 1815‑1821. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-014-1456-7