Italian Young Minds Sections meet Accastampato Journal
The interaction between the journal Accastampato and European Physical Society Young Minds [EPS YM] is an example of how networking activities promoted by the physical societies can be used to take a project from a local to a national scale.
Accastampato is a journal founded in 2010 by students of the Physics Department of La Sapienza University of Roma. Written by students for students, the journal aims to draw attention to the beauty of science, in a friendly and even entertaining manner. University students and young researchers are encouraged to contribute articles that promote science and their passion for science to high school students.
The editorial board structure is based on those common to other scientific journals: staff team collects the articles and a scientific committee reviews them, in order to ensure accuracy and precision.
The pdf version of the journal can be downloaded on the website while printed copies are distributed to schools or during outreach activities. Both versions are completely free.
The Roma EPS YM Section, in collaboration with the other Italian YM Sections is currently promoting a wider diffusion of Accastampato across Italy. Each section will be able to distribute copies during its outreach activities. At the same time, the journal can be a tool for them to share with others news on their field of interest.
For Accastampato project the next step is to interact with YM foreign Sections, currently more than 20, in order to give an international character to the journal.
