Publishing on Scholarpedia: Experiences & feasibility (early career)
Also, what do you think about the feasibility and career value of publishing on Scholarpedia for a beginner researcher and scholar?


It sounds feasible enough, but the career value depends on your job and goals.  If you are aiming for a job in a research university, then research publications are far more important than survey/review/expository articles, and Scholarpedia would fall into the latter category.  Occasional high-value survey articles could help your career, and a Scholarpedia article might fall into that category if it got a lot of citations (but it wouldn't have the benefit of appearing in a prestigious venue, so you'd need some argument like citations to get hiring or tenure committees to take it seriously).  Writing lots of Scholarpedia articles would actually look bad, by giving the impression that you are taking time away from research to do that.

On the other hand, if the job you have/want is more concerned with active scholarly engagement than original research, then Scholarpedia might be just fine.

If you devote a lot of time to Scholarpedia, then you'll probably have to deal with questions like "What is Scholarpedia, and is it any good?" in your job applications or tenure case.  It's worth trying out this discussion with colleagues or mentors, as a test case for gauging how hard it might be to convince other people later.