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: 2
     Median: 6
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
22
Jan
2022
Thinking, not talking, predicts knowledge level: Effects of media attention and reflective integration on public knowledge of nuclear energy
Public Understanding of Science
22
Jan
2022
1999: The BBC simulates prehistoric wildlife
Public Understanding of Science
13
Jan
2022
Examining science communication on Reddit: From an “Assembled” to a “Disassembling” approach
Public Understanding of Science
11
Jan
2022
Mapping mental models of science communication: How academics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland understand and practice science communication Gold Open Access
Public Understanding of Science
15
Dec
2021
Public communication at research universities: Moving towards (de)centralised communication of science?
Public Understanding of Science
14
Dec
2021
Book review: Andrew Hoffmann, The Engaged Scholar – Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today’s World
Public Understanding of Science
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

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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: 263
Public acceptance of evolution in the United States, 1985–2020
Public Understanding of Science2021-08-16

Altmetric Attention Score: 248
Jargon as a barrier to effective science communication: Evidence from metacognition
Public Understanding of Science2019-07-29

Altmetric Attention Score: 218
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: 169
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
Marta Entradas Portugal
Natalia Zarzeczna Netherlands
Zeynep Cemalcilar Turkey
İsminaz Doğan N/A
Kerem Yıldırım Turkey
Ozan Kuru Singapore
Ali Çarkoğlu Turkey
Larry Au USA
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