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: 1
References per paper:
     Average: 46
     Median: 45

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
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May
2022
Children’s perceptions of scientists and their work: The ‘Draw a Scientist’ Test in the United Arab Emirates
Public Understanding of Science
19
May
2022
Art for public engagement on emerging and controversial technologies: A literature review
Public Understanding of Science
19
May
2022
‘It’s just a Band-Aid!’: Public engagement with geoengineering and the politics of the climate crisis Gold Open Access
Public Understanding of Science
19
May
2022
Guidance in the chaos: Effects of science communication by virologists during the COVID-19 crisis in Germany and the role of parasocial phenomena
Public Understanding of Science
9
May
2022
Animal biodiversity and specificity in children’s picture books Gold Open Access
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9
May
2022
Bridging the gap: Introducing a socio-cultural dimension to explain beliefs about man-made threats Gold Open Access
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May
2022
Examining a conceptual framework of aggressive and humorous styles in science YouTube videos about climate change and vaccination
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Apr
2022
Poly-truth, or the limits of pluralism: Popular debates on conspiracy theories in a post-truth era Gold Open Access
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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: 266
Public acceptance of evolution in the United States, 1985–2020
Public Understanding of Science2021-08-16

Altmetric Attention Score: 244
Jargon as a barrier to effective science communication: Evidence from metacognition
Public Understanding of Science2019-07-29

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: 165
Brahmins as scientists and science as Brahmins’ calling: Caste in an Indian scientific research institute
Public Understanding of Science2020-02-08

Altmetric Attention Score: 165
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

Altmetric Attention Score: 124
Exploring scholars’ public engagement goals in Canada and the United States
Public Understanding of Science2020-09-03


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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
Kamile Grusauskaite N/A
Lars de Wildt Belgium
Jaron Harambam Netherlands
Lea L Skovgaard Denmark
Klaus Hoeyer Denmark
Lucie Bertrand Belgium
Laurence Gauthier N/A
Cansu Altepe N/A
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