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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:
• 25 / 75 in Communication (Web of Science 2019)

Authors per paper:
     Average: 2
     Median: 2
References per paper:
     Average: 46
     Median: 44

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Latest papers
1
Jul
2020
Book review: Fabien Medvecky and Joan Leach, An Ethics of Science Communication
Public Understanding of Science
1
Jul
2020
What drives science media use? Predictors of media use for information about science and research in digital information environments
Public Understanding of Science
27
Jun
2020
#JunkScience: Investigating pseudoscience disinformation in the Russian Internet Research Agency tweets
Public Understanding of Science
27
Jun
2020
Post-Fukushima discourse in the US press: Quantified knowledge, the technical object, and a panicked public
Public Understanding of Science
27
Jun
2020
Reconfiguring health knowledges? Contemporary modes of self-care as ‘everyday fringe medicine’
Public Understanding of Science
27
Jun
2020
Do as the Romans do: On the authoritarian roots of pseudoscience
Public Understanding of Science
17
Jun
2020
What science means to me: Understanding personal identification with (evolutionary) science using the sociology of (non)religion
Public Understanding of Science
15
Jun
2020
Lay and scientific categorizations of new breeding techniques: Implications for food policy and genetically modified organism legislation
Public Understanding of Science
9
Jun
2020
Science-related populism: Conceptualizing populist demands toward science
Public Understanding of Science
3
Jun
2020
Book review: Kostas Kampourakis and Kevin McCain, Uncertainty. How It Makes Science Advance
Public Understanding of Science
23
May
2020
Can hype be a force for good?: Inviting unexpected engagement with science and technology futures
Public Understanding of Science
21
May
2020
Editorial: Update of our “Aims and Scope” and “Submission Guidelines”
Public Understanding of Science
21
May
2020
The ideological divide in public perceptions of self-driving cars
Public Understanding of Science
21
May
2020
Immunized against science: Narrative community building among vaccine refusing/hesitant parents
Public Understanding of Science
21
May
2020
Promissory and protective imaginaries of regenerative medicine: Expectations work and scenario maintenance of disease research charities in the United Kingdom
Public Understanding of Science

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Impactful Papers

Altmetric Attention Score: 198
Hot topics in science communication: Aggressive language decreases trustworthiness and credibility in scientific debates
Public Understanding of Science2019-03-08

Altmetric Attention Score: 94
Jargon as a barrier to effective science communication: Evidence from metacognition
Public Understanding of Science2019-07-29

Altmetric Attention Score: 68
What do we know about public attitudes towards experts? Reviewing survey data in the United Kingdom and European Union
Public Understanding of Science2019-06-30

Altmetric Attention Score: 58
Conversion messages and attitude change: Strong arguments, not costly signals
Public Understanding of Science2019-01-10

Altmetric Attention Score: 49
Science in society discussed with my father: A parting editorial in the form of a dialogue
Public Understanding of Science2019-05-29

Altmetric Attention Score: 41
Science-related populism: Conceptualizing populist demands toward science
Public Understanding of Science2020-06-09

Altmetric Attention Score: 29
Scientific networks on Twitter: Analyzing scientists’ interactions in the climate change debate
Public Understanding of Science2019-04-27

Altmetric Attention Score: 27
A Twitter campaign against pseudoscience: The sceptical discourse on complementary therapies in Spain
Public Understanding of Science2019-06-06

Altmetric Attention Score: 23
Fostering public trust in science: The role of social media
Public Understanding of Science2019-09-06

Altmetric Attention Score: 22
#JunkScience: Investigating pseudoscience disinformation in the Russian Internet Research Agency tweets
Public Understanding of Science2020-06-27

Altmetric Attention Score: 20
Editorial
Public Understanding of Science2019-07-11

Altmetric Attention Score: 20
Stakeholder relations in Australian science journalism
Public Understanding of Science2019-03-21

Altmetric Attention Score: 20
What science means to me: Understanding personal identification with (evolutionary) science using the sociology of (non)religion
Public Understanding of Science2020-06-17

Altmetric Attention Score: 18
Americans’ views of scientists’ motivations for scientific work
Public Understanding of Science2019-10-17

Altmetric Attention Score: 17
Attacking science on social media: How user comments affect perceived trustworthiness and credibility
Public Understanding of Science2019-12-05

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Cited median publication year:
2013