OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Science Communication is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Social Media and Environmental Activism: Framing Climate Change on Facebook by Global NGOs	62
Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination: The Interplay of Message Framing, Psychological Uncertainty, and Public Agency as a Message Source	41
Correcting Misperceptions About Genetically Modified Food on Social Media: Examining the Impact of Experts, Social Media Heuristics, and the Gateway Belief Model	33
Linking Online Vaccine Information Seeking to Vaccination Intention in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic	32
Establishing Trust in Experts During a Crisis: Expert Trustworthiness and Media Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic	31
To Vaccinate or Not? The Role Played by Uncertainty Communication on Public Understanding and Behavior Regarding COVID-19	26
Cutting the Bunk: Comparing the Solo and Aggregate Effects of Prebunking and Debunking Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation	26
Information Seeking and Processing in the Context of Vaccine Scandals	24
Assessment by Audiences Shows Little Effect of Science Communication Training	23
An Empirical and Conceptual Note on Science Communication’s Role in Society	21
Fish Tales: How Narrative Modality, Emotion, and Transportation Influence Support for Sustainable Aquaculture	19
Countering the “Harmless E-Cigarette” Myth: The Interplay of Message Format, Message Sidedness, and Prior Experience With E-Cigarette Use in Misinformation Correction	19
How Effective Are Concrete and Abstract Climate Change Images? The Moderating Role of Construal Level in Climate Change Visual Communication	19
Benefits and Pitfalls of Debunking Interventions to Counter mRNA Vaccination Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic	18
Fighting the Infodemic on Two Fronts: Reducing False Beliefs Without Increasing Polarization	18
Systematic Processing of COVID-19 Information: Relevant Channel Beliefs and Perceived Information Gathering Capacity as Moderators	18
Debunking Misinformation About Genetically Modified Food Safety on Social Media: Can Heuristic Cues Mitigate Biased Assimilation?	18
Not My Pandemic: Solution Aversion and the Polarized Public Perception of COVID-19	18
Can We Stop the Spread of False Information on Vaccination? How Online Comments on Vaccination News Affect Readers’ Credibility Assessments and Sharing Behaviors	16
“Listening” to Science: Science Podcasters’ View and Practice in Strategic Science Communication	15
“Siri, Show Me Scary Images of AI”: Effects of Text-Based Frames and Visuals on Support for Artificial Intelligence	14
Reduced Risk Information Seeking Model (RISK): A Meta-Analysis	13
Using a News Article to Convey Climate Science Consensus Information	13
Generating Science Buzz: An Examination of Multidimensional Engagement With Humorous Scientific Messages on Twitter and Instagram	12
An Application of the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model in Understanding College Students’ COVID-19 Vaccination Information Seeking and Behavior	12

Verification Upon Exposure to COVID-19 Misinformation: Predictors, Outcomes, and the Mediating Role of Verification	12
Risk Communication and Community Engagement During the Migrant Worker COVID-19 Outbreak in Singapore	12
Factors That Influence Risk Perceptions and Successful COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Campaigns With American Indians	11
A Risky Object? How Microplastics Are Represented in the German Media	11
Selling “Healthy” Radium Products With Science: A Multimodal Analysis of Marketing in Sweden, 1910–1940	11
American Scientists’ Willingness to Use Different Communication Tactics	10
Media Use, Interpersonal Communication, and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence	10
Can’t You All Just Get Along? Effects of Scientific Disagreement and Incivility on Attention to and Trust in Science	9
Missing the Bigger Picture: The Need for More Research on Visual Health Misinformation	9
Who Is Skeptical About Scientific Innovation? Examining Worldview Predictors of Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, and Human Gene Editing Attitudes	9
Investigating the Potential of Inoculation Messages and Self-Affirmation in Reducing the Effects of Health Misinformation	9
Communicating Scientific Uncertainty Across the Dissemination Trajectory: A Precision Medicine Case Study	9
No Laughing Matter: Exploring the Effects of Scientists’ Humor Use on Twitter and the Moderating Role of Superiority	8
Gene Drives in the U.K., U.S., and Australian Press (2015–2019): How a New Focus on Responsibility Is Shaping Science Communication	7
The Benefit of Focusing on Air Pollution Instead of Climate Change: How Discussing Power Plant Emissions in the Context of Air Pollution, Rather than Climate Change, Influences Perceived Benefits, Cos	7
A Relational Identity-Based Solution to Group Polarization: Can Priming Parental Identity Reduce the Partisan Gap in Attitudes Toward the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Role of Affective Mediators in the Effects of Media Use on Proenvironmental Behavior	7
Mother Nature’s Fury: Antagonist Metaphors for Natural Disasters Increase Forecasts of Their Severity and Encourage Evacuation	7
To Eat or Not to Eat: Framing of GMOs in American Media and Its Effects on Attitudes and Behaviors	7
Television News, Political Comedy, Party, and Political Knowledge in Global Warming Belief: Evidence From a Large-Scale Panel Survey	6
Individual and Collective Actions Against Climate Change Among Chinese Adults: The Effects of Risk, Efficacy, and Consideration of Future Consequences	6
Effect of Context on Scientists’ Normative Beliefs	6
The Role of Repeated Exposure and Message Fatigue in Influencing Willingness to Help Polar Bears and Support Climate Change Mitigation	6
Promoting Concern for Climate Change: A Study of Wildfire Photographs Using Q Methodology	5
Person, Place, or Thing: Individual, Community, and Risk Information Seeking	5
Communication and Perspectives About COVID-19 and Vaccinations Among Native Americans	5
Metaphor in Science Communication: With Special Reference to Jade Rabbit of the Moon Rover	5
Science Communication Through STEAM: Professional Development and Flipped Classrooms in the Digital Age	5
Examining the Pathways From Information Acquisition to Preventive Behaviors: The Information-Response Model	4
Varieties of Awe in Science Communication: Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Practitioners’ Experiences and Uses of This Emotion	4
A State of Emergency or Business as Usual in Climate Science Communication? A Three-Dimensional Perspective on the Role Perceptions of Climate Scientists, Climate Journalists, and Citizens	3
Spreadsheets, Software, Storytelling, Visualization, Lifelong Learning: Essential Data Skills for Journalism and Strategic Communication Students	3
Researchers’ Public Engagement in the Context of Interdisciplinary Research Programs: Learning and Reflection from Boundary Crossing	3
Contested Certainty and Credibility: The Effect of Personal Stories and Scientific Evidence in User Comments on News Story Evaluation and Relevance	2
Foregrounding Backgrounds: How Scientists Conceive Art to Express the Invisible	2
Using Light Art Installation in Urban Nightscapes to Raise Public Awareness of Carbon Neutrality	2
Science Journalism in India: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats	2
Exploring COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Exposure, Beliefs, Fear, and Information Avoidance via the Stimulus–Organism–Response Framework	2
PubCasts: Putting Voice in Scholarly Work and Science Communication	2
Humor Can Increase Perceived Communicator Effectiveness Regardless of Race, Gender, and Expertise—If You are Funny Enough	2
Missing Voices: Examining How Misinformation-Susceptible Individuals From Underrepresented Communities Engage, Perceive, and Combat Science Misinformation	2
Forcing a Deterministic Frame on Probabilistic Phenomena: A Communication Blind Spot in Media Coverage of the “Replication Crisis”	2
Scientists and Journalists and Communicating Uncertainty: Collaborating With Sharon Dunwoody	2
The Influence of Flooding Imagery and Party Cues on Perceived Threat, Collective Efficacy, and Intentions for Political Action to Address Climate Change	2
A View From the Trenches: Interviews With Journalists About Reporting Science News	2
Do Conservation Films Generate Support for Conservation? A Case Study Using Transportation Theory and Hidden Rivers	2
Participatory Science Communication Through Consensus Conferences: Legitimacy Evaluations of a German Consensus Conference on Genome Editing	2
Of Note: Recent Books	1
Investigating the Heterogeneity of Misperceptions: A Latent Profile Analysis of COVID-19 Beliefs and Their Consequences for Information-Seeking	1
Exploring the Influence of Aggressive and Target-Framing Messages on Proenvironmental Behaviors	1

Expanding on Behavioral Outcomes in the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model: Socio-Cognitive Factors Predicting Information Seeking, Sharing, and Discussion	1
The Efficacy of Social Media Communication in Engaging Citizen Scientists: Insights From the Jozi Bee Hotel Project	1
Can Communication Theory Advance Research When Environmental Issues Become Wicked? The Case of Microplastics	1
Explaining Polarized Trust in Scientists: A Political Stereotype-Approach	1
Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Artificial Intelligence: The Roles of Social Media Exposure and Information Elaboration	1
Sharon Dunwoody’s Legacy: Three Timely Lessons for Us	1
Minoritized Scientists in the United States: An Identity Perspective to Science Communication	1
For My Own Sake: The Role of Personal Relevance in Information Seeking	1
Emergent Sonification: Using Computational Media to Communicate the Anthropocene in ByrdBot	1
Overcoming Confirmation Bias in Misinformation Correction: Effects of Processing Motive and Jargon on Climate Change Policy Support	1
Tipping the Scales of Psychological Reactance: A Closer Look at Imperative Language and the Role of Epistemic Certainty	1
Talking About Gene Drive in Uganda: The Need for Science Communication to Underpin Engagement	1
Using VR for Science Communication: Presence, Message Perception, and Pro-Environmental Effects	1
Striking an Emotional Chord: Effects of Emotional Appeals and Chatbot Anthropomorphism on Persuasive Science Communication	1
Youth as Climate Change Messengers: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words	1
Using Science Fiction and Design Thinking in Workshops to Share Research Results With Low-Income, Marginalized Communities	1
How Media Reports on COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Impact Consensus Beliefs and Protective Action: A Randomized Controlled Online Trial	1
Seeking Scientific Health Information for Empowerment: Empowered-Get-More-Empowered Effects	1
Theories of Uncertainty Communication: An Interdisciplinary Literature Review	1
Erratum to Politicization and Polarization in COVID-19 News Coverage	1
The Sagan Effect and Scientists’ Public Outreach Participation in China: Multilayered Roles of Social Norms and Rewards	1
Going the Distance for COVID-19: Relationships Among News Use, Psychological Distance, Risk Perceptions, and Behavioral Intentions	1
Cultivating Authenticity as Role Models: Women in STEM Influencers on Instagram	1