For Researchers
Scientific work takes on a wider life when its meaning can travel beyond the paper in which it was published. A Break allows researchers to reveal the question, insight and broader significance behind a study, contributing directly to a better-informed public conversation about science.
Your work reaches curious minds everywhere — not just colleagues behind journal paywalls. Breaks are read by students, journalists, policymakers, and science enthusiasts worldwide.
Every Break gets a DOI and is published in a registered journal (ISSN 2571-9262). It can be listed as a formal science communication output in CVs, institutional profiles and funding reports, subject to the relevant guidelines.
Publishing a Break highlights your ability to interpret evidence, communicate across fields and engage wider audiences — capabilities that support collaboration, leadership and public impact throughout a scientific career.
Important science is not defined by a journal's name. TheScienceBreaker welcomes peer-reviewed research from across the scientific publishing landscape and does not use journal prestige or impact factor as a proxy for the value of a study. What matters is the question you pursued, the rigour of the work and the insight it offers. Whether your paper appeared in a broad multidisciplinary journal or a highly specialised title, we invite you to present the science on its own terms.
From Our Archive · In Memoriam
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1987
Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience at MIT and HHMI Investigator at the time of publication.
We observe, we learn, we repeat. […] But how and where is memory stored within our brains?
From “Where is the Engram?”, co-authored with Tomás Ryan.
Read the BreakThrough our collaboration with Altmetric, we monitor the attention surrounding the original research behind our Breaks. Attention is not a measure of scientific quality; it shows us where research is entering public debate — and where scientists' own voices, context and evidence can strengthen the conversation.
Researchers from 48 countries have written with us, including authors affiliated with every institution in the QS World University Rankings 2027 top ten*. This reach reflects a shared commitment to making rigorous science accessible across disciplines, institutions and borders.
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* Institutional affiliation or rank is never an editorial criterion.
The reach of a Break continues beyond publication. These are the stories readers return to most — evidence that clear scientific narratives can remain useful, discoverable and relevant over time.
Your discovery deserves to be understood, not just cited. Join the researchers who share their science with the world — in their own words.
