Output format

Interview

A short, quoted article built from your sources. Third-person framing, your voice throughout, and quotes that travel well — from your institute's website to a LinkedIn post — without a live interview ever taking place.

Length
450 – 550 words
Reading time
3 – 5 minutes
Style
Quoted interview
The format
Your voice on the page — without writing a personal story yourself.
Many researchers find it more natural to be quoted than to speak in continuous first-person — academic training rarely includes saying "I". The interview lets your voice land through quotes within a journalistic frame: punchy, scannable, and easy to lift into a LinkedIn post or a newsletter. A blog post is built as your own first-person account; an interview is built as a journalistic article with you quoted throughout.
What it looks like

A format that lets you speak

A Yicco interview isn't a recorded Q&A in print. It's a tight, third-person article with your quotes throughout — equally at home on your institute's website, in a newsletter, or on social media.

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Your quotes, attributed to you

You're introduced once with full name and academic role. From there, every quote in the article belongs to you. The framing is third-person; the voice is yours.

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Constructed, not conducted

Yicco builds the article entirely from your scientific paper and the Narrative Flow. No calls, no recordings, no transcripts to approve — just sources you've already made.

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Quotes that travel

The quotes are crafted as natural-sounding soundbites: easy to lift into a press release, an institute newsletter, a LinkedIn post, or a partner's brochure. Wherever the interview lands, your voice carries with it.

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Your image, your choice

Yicco suggests an AI-generated illustration based on your interview, plus stock photo options. Prefer your own visual? Upload it. The image always fits your research and your taste.

Example

What a Yicco interview looks like

Below is an excerpt from a real Yicco interview, built from a published scientific review and the researcher's own answers — without a live interview ever taking place.

Custom Yicco illustration

Youth care adds strain to those who are already struggling the most

InterviewMay 6, 20265 min read

Suzanne de Ruig is the first researcher to examine experienced burden in youth care from four different perspectives. All those involved — young people, parents, mentors and professionals — feel powerless. "I found that truly shocking and deeply upsetting."

Mental burden predominates

Across all groups, mental burden is the most prominent: feelings of frustration, powerlessness and being stuck. Young people in particular feel powerless and describe their situation as "a downward spiral." Parents are especially frustrated by endless waiting times. "It takes so much time and energy, and nothing happens," one mother said in the study.

Youth care can create strain precisely for those who are already struggling the most.

YIMs — trusted adults chosen by young people themselves to act as mentors — struggle with their dual role and their dependence on professionals. Professionals, in turn, feel under pressure from conflicting expectations imposed by different parties.

According to De Ruig, the most distressing finding was that all four groups experienced a lack of autonomy. "They all talked about not knowing how to fulfil their role in a way that allowed them to influence what they wanted or needed. Including the professionals."

The process

From research to interview in four steps

We don't work with forms that force you to squeeze your research into boxes. The Narrative Flow asks questions that surface the real story and let our AI craft natural-sounding quotes in your voice. A communications expert can optionally review the result.

max 60 min
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You

Article + Narrative Flow

Upload your scientific paper and complete the Narrative Flow, a guided interview that surfaces the human story inside your research. At the end you can flag any words or phrasings you'd rather avoid.

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Yicco

AI builds the draft

Our AI shapes a first version with you quoted throughout, a provocative headline, scannable subheadings, and a forward-looking close. It also suggests AI-generated and stock image options.

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You

Refine and verify

Edit the text yourself — quotes included — and call on our AI to check accessibility. If you want, a science communication expert can also sharpen the language.

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You

Choose & share

You pick the image that fits best, then receive the final interview: text, your chosen visual, and a ready-to-publish URL on yicco.com/interview.

Impact guide

Make your interview travel

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Share directly

Reach key audiences & institutional channels

Send the link directly to practitioners, policymakers, or other stakeholders who can benefit from your research.

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Amplify via social & media

Expand reach through social platforms

Create a social media post on LinkedIn or X highlighting your key message. You can also republish the interview as a LinkedIn Article to increase visibility and reach.

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Update your profiles

Add to your professional presence

Add the link to your Google Scholar, ResearchGate, or ORCID profile.

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Repurpose your content

Transform into different formats

Use (parts of) the interview as a basis for a presentation, newsletter, or policy summary.

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Good to know

No source citation required

You do not need to add a source reference to this interview.

Ready for your interview?

Upload your paper, walk through the Narrative Flow, and shape your quoted interview in minutes — including an image of your choice. Optionally with a human check by our experts.