Online journal Alternator

Science for all!

Alternator is a one-of-a-kind journal that provides readers with independent and specialist content in a clear, easy-to-read form, allowing them to keep abreast of scientific discourse. Most scientific topics online are inaccessible to the general public not only because of their content, but also because of the way users access and read them. The user experience is pushed to the background, and the medium is tailored to the content rather than the users. When designing the online journal we thus dealt with the challenge of how to develop a modern, user-friendly environment.

A customised modern medium

Alternator introduces readers to scientific topics through familiar patterns that are used in the day-to-day reading on modern media, i.e. an easy and clear way of choosing from the available articles and topics, the editorial policy regarding photography and other visual materials, information on the length of individual texts, the division of articles into three primary scientific fields. Although the articles are in two languages, the choice of language is given for navigation purposes only, as the articles are combined in a single page, thus allowing reads to see them all.

High-quality and topical content

Since the launch of the online journal, the Alternator brand has been increasingly well-known, which is reflected in a large number of website visitors. The project has been well received by authors who submit their contributions on their own initiative, and the relevance of the published articles is recognised by readers who come back to the website looking for new content on a regular basis.

Visit the Alternator website on alternator.science.