Public Understanding of Science

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Basic Information
Publisher: SAGE
Founded in: 1992
Homepage: https://journals.sagepub.com/h...
Twitter: @SciPublic
Category: Communication
Rank:
• 38 / 94 in Communication

Authors per paper:
     Average: 3
     Median: 3
References per paper:
     Average: 45
     Median: 44

Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for Public Understanding of Science:

  • 2020 Impact Factor: 2.976
  • 2019 Impact Factor: 2.338
  • 2018 Impact Factor: 2.754

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Latest papers
1
Dec
2021
Science rejection in Greece: Spirituality predicts vaccine scepticism and low faith in science in a Greek sample
Public Understanding of Science
1
Dec
2021
Biased perceptions against female scientists affect intentions to get vaccinated for COVID-19
Public Understanding of Science
12
Nov
2021
Testing the talented child: Direct-to-consumer genetic talent tests in China
Public Understanding of Science
11
Nov
2021
Science-related populism declining during the COVID-19 pandemic: A panel survey of the Swiss population before and after the Coronavirus outbreak Gold Open Access
Public Understanding of Science
9
Nov
2021
Nonscalability of “citizen science” in post-Fukushima Japan: Unpacking articulations of citizen radiation measuring organizations
Public Understanding of Science
6
Nov
2021
Science communication skills as an asset across disciplines: A 10-year case study of students’ motivation patterns at Université Laval Gold Open Access
Public Understanding of Science
4
Nov
2021
Book review: Philip Ball The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination
Public Understanding of Science
24
Oct
2021
Public support for government use of network surveillance: An empirical assessment of public understanding of ethics in science administration
Public Understanding of Science

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Impactful Papers

Altmetric Attention Score: 411
Secularism in science: The role of religious affiliation in assessments of scientists’ trustworthiness
Public Understanding of Science2019-11-28

Altmetric Attention Score: 267
Public acceptance of evolution in the United States, 1985–2020
Public Understanding of Science2021-08-16

Altmetric Attention Score: 249
Jargon as a barrier to effective science communication: Evidence from metacognition
Public Understanding of Science2019-07-29

Altmetric Attention Score: 222
Hot topics in science communication: Aggressive language decreases trustworthiness and credibility in scientific debates
Public Understanding of Science2019-03-08

Altmetric Attention Score: 205
How deliberative designs empower citizens’ voices: A case study on Ghana’s deliberative poll on agriculture and the environment
Public Understanding of Science2020-10-26

Altmetric Attention Score: 178
Brahmins as scientists and science as Brahmins’ calling: Caste in an Indian scientific research institute
Public Understanding of Science2020-02-08

Altmetric Attention Score: 164
The effects of media narratives about failures and discoveries in science on beliefs about and support for science
Public Understanding of Science2021-05-18

Altmetric Attention Score: 129
Science communication activism: Protesting Traditional Chinese Medicine in China
Public Understanding of Science2019-08-07


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Cited Half-Life

Cited publication years:

Cited median publication year:
2014

Scholars
Authors who recently published in Public Understanding of Science:
Scholar Affiliation
Larry Au USA
Joke Kenens Belgium
Ine van Hoyweghen Belgium
Nozomi Mizushima Japan
Amélie Daoust-Boisvert Canada
Shannon B. Harper USA
Shawn Dorius USA
Katharine A. Bertelson USA
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