ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Mega journal

Imagine you are a very curious small child who loves to color and draw in different notebooks. One day, you decide to create a new notebook where you can draw and color anything you want - this new notebook is your "mega journal".

A "mega journal" is a special type of journal that allows you to write, draw, and color anything you want in one place. It is like having multiple notebooks in one big notebook!

Now, let's expand this example to something more grown-up. Just like you love to draw, researchers and scientists also love to share their work with others. However, they usually have to choose between different journals when they want to publish their research. There are so many different journals out there, and each one specializes in a certain field or topic.

That's where "mega journals" come in! A mega journal is a special type of journal that accepts research articles from many different fields without focusing on any particular topic or field. In other words, a mega journal is like a big notebook that accepts any type of article.

This is especially useful for researchers who work on interdisciplinary topics, such as psychology and biology, or who simply do not want to limit their audience by publishing only in specialized journals. Like your mega journal, mega journals allow scientists to have one central place to share their work, no matter the field.