Primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI) often struggle to provide authentic research opportunities that culminate in peer-reviewed publications due to “recipe-driven” lab courses and the comprehensive body of work necessary for traditional scientific publication. However, the advent of short-form, single-figure “micropublications” has created novel opportunities for early-career scientists to make and publish authentic scientific contributions on a scale and in a timespan compatible with their training periods. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore the benefits accrued by eight undergraduate and master's students who participated in authentic, small-scale research projects and disseminated their work as coauthors of peer-reviewed micropublications at a PUI. In these interviews, students reported that through the process of conducting and publishing their research, they developed specific competencies: reading scientific literature, proposing experiments, and collecting/interpreting publication-worthy data. Further, they reported this process enabled them to identify as contributing members of the greater scientific community.

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“重要到足以向世界展示”：利用真实的研究机会和微型出版物来建立学生的科学身份

由于“食谱驱动”的实验室课程和传统科学出版所需的全面工作，主要是本科院校 (PUI) 常常难以提供真正的研究机会，从而最终发表同行评审的出版物。然而，简短的、单位数字的“微型出版物”的出现为处于职业生涯早期的科学家创造了新的机会，让他们能够在与他们的培训时期相适应的规模和时间跨度上做出和发表真实的科学贡献。这个定性案例研究的目的是探索八名本科生和硕士生所获得的好处，他们参与了真实的小规模研究项目，并在 PUI 中作为同行评审微型出版物的合著者传播了他们的作品。在这些采访中，学生们报告说，通过进行和发表研究的过程，他们发展了特定的能力：阅读科学文献、提出实验以及收集/解释具有发表价值的数据。此外，他们报告说，这一过程使他们能够识别为更大科学界的贡献成员。