Last November, a team of scientists attended Emojicon in San Francisco and demanded that the Unicode Consortium approve a new set of scientific emojis that would better help them express themselves quickly. (See: Scientists call for emoji that represent the full spectrum of nerdom, Quartz, November 14, 2016.)Now, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, after meeting with conference organizers to discuss efforts to increase transparency in the communication of scientific results, has released a Request for Information on developing emojis for scientific presentations such as conference posters. Use of an accepted emoji indicating, for example, randomized trials or a double-blind protocol, would allow someone viewing a poster to quickly assess the research method's rigor.
Responses are requested by December 15th. See NOT-NS-18-014, "Request for Information on Developing Experimental Design "Emoji" Symbols for Use in Scientific Presentations" for more information.
scientist emoji via Wikimedia Commons
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