OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science Communication is 6. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Researchers’ Public Engagement in the Context of Interdisciplinary Research Programs: Learning and Reflection from Boundary Crossing	56
Tipping the Scales of Psychological Reactance: A Closer Look at Imperative Language and the Role of Epistemic Certainty	53
Ecologists Prioritize Listening to Community Perspectives When They See the Benefit: Norms and Self-Efficacy Beliefs Appear to Have Little Impact	53
Television News, Political Comedy, Party, and Political Knowledge in Global Warming Belief: Evidence From a Large-Scale Panel Survey	36
PubCasts: Putting Voice in Scholarly Work and Science Communication	32
Examining Muslims’ Opinions Toward Cultured Meat in Singapore: The Influence of Presumed Media Influence and Halal Consciousness	30
Science, Not Scientists: Reflections on Science, Culture, and Their Mediators	28
Shifting Narratives: The Role of Science Slams in Climate Mobility Communication	27
Familiarity Matters: Examining the Effects of AI-Generated Images on Science Information Credibility	25
The Efficacy of Social Media Communication in Engaging Citizen Scientists: Insights From the Jozi Bee Hotel Project	23
Does Scientific Evidence Sell? Combining Manual and Automated Content Analysis to Investigate Scientists’ and Laypeople’s Evidence Practices on Social Media	17
“Glorified Minute Takers”: Journalists’ (Mis)handling of Scientific Uncertainty During the COVID-19 Pandemic	16
Are Productive Scientists More Willing to Engage With the Public?	16
From Participation to Trust? Understanding Trust Dynamics in Participatory Science Communication	15
Media Use, Interpersonal Communication, and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence	15
The Public Trust in Science Scale: A Multilevel and Multidimensional Approach	14
“Looking at the Big Picture”: A Qualitative Study of Ethics in Science Communication and Engagement	13
Linking Psychometric Paradigm of Risk and Issue Attention Cycle: Risk Information in News Coverage of Avian and Swine Influenza Global Outbreaks	12
Communicating Republicans’ Level of Support for Climate Policy Briefly Increases Personal Support in the United States	12
The Effects of Climate Change Meta-Knowledge on Selective Exposure, Selective Elaboration, and Behavioral Intentions	11
Video-Based Group-Values Affirmation Reduces Defensive Responses to Risk Messages	11
From Doubt to Action: Examining the Potential of AI Comments in Promoting Health Information Seeking on Social Media	10
Varieties of Awe in Science Communication: Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Practitioners’ Experiences and Uses of This Emotion	9
Crafting Persuasive Stories: How Uncertainty and Sidedness Influence Narrative Efficacy in Promoting Updated COVID-19 Vaccination	9
The Paradox of Belief in Science: A Proposal for Reconciliation	9

Literate and Critical? Characterizing Users of Alternative Scientific Media	9
Measuring Science Literacy in a Digital World: Development and Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Survey Scale	8
Bettering Biotech Foods’ Foul Flavor: An Experiment on Correcting Citizens’ Misconceptions About Genetic Modification	8
Detecting Social Media Rumor Debunking Effectiveness During Public Health Emergencies: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach	8
Who Is Skeptical About Scientific Innovation? Examining Worldview Predictors of Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, and Human Gene Editing Attitudes	8
Establishing Trust in Experts During a Crisis: Expert Trustworthiness and Media Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Psychological Distance, Construal Level, and Parental Vaccine Hesitancy for COVID-19, HPV, and Monkey Pox Vaccines	8
Reimagining the Role of Communication in Medical Consensus to Address Medical Mistrust and Disinformation	7
Talking About Gene Drive in Uganda: The Need for Science Communication to Underpin Engagement	7
Creating Successful Science Poems: Craft Elements of Poems With Clear Science Content	7
To Fund or Not to Fund? Examining Relationships Between Support for Scientific Research Across Political Ideologies and Science-Related Populist Beliefs	7
Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Artificial Intelligence: The Roles of Social Media Exposure and Information Elaboration	7
When Scientists Share Their Struggles: How Scientists’ Self-Presentation on Social Media Influences Public Perceptions, Support for Science, and Information-Seeking Intentions	6
Indigenous Biologists and Culture Frames: Effects on Stereotype Perceptions and Conservation Policy Support in Environmental News	6
Missing the Bigger Picture: The Need for More Research on Visual Health Misinformation	6
Global Dynamics of Climate Change Imagery: Emotional and Engagement Effects Across Visual Frames on Twitter/X	6
Exploring the Potential of Comics for Science Communication: A Study on Conveying COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Information to Black Americans	6
Exposure to Different Motives of Scientists Moderates Responses to Scientific Consensus: The Case of Cultured Meat	6
Communicating Pollutants That Threaten Tribal Identities: PFAS Contamination in Local Fish and Shellfish	6
Introduction to This Theme Issue on Processing COVID Information	6