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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
PubCasts: Putting Voice in Scholarly Work and Science Communication	49
Researchers’ Public Engagement in the Context of Interdisciplinary Research Programs: Learning and Reflection from Boundary Crossing	44
Television News, Political Comedy, Party, and Political Knowledge in Global Warming Belief: Evidence From a Large-Scale Panel Survey	44
Ecologists Prioritize Listening to Community Perspectives When They See the Benefit: Norms and Self-Efficacy Beliefs Appear to Have Little Impact	38
Examining Muslims’ Opinions Toward Cultured Meat in Singapore: The Influence of Presumed Media Influence and Halal Consciousness	29
Erratum to Politicization and Polarization in COVID-19 News Coverage	27
Tipping the Scales of Psychological Reactance: A Closer Look at Imperative Language and the Role of Epistemic Certainty	25
Science, Not Scientists: Reflections on Science, Culture, and Their Mediators	23
The Efficacy of Social Media Communication in Engaging Citizen Scientists: Insights From the Jozi Bee Hotel Project	22
Media Use, Interpersonal Communication, and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence	21
From Participation to Trust? Understanding Trust Dynamics in Participatory Science Communication	19
Are Productive Scientists More Willing to Engage With the Public?	18
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	17
Investigating the Potential of Inoculation Messages and Self-Affirmation in Reducing the Effects of Health Misinformation	16
The Public Trust in Science Scale: A Multilevel and Multidimensional Approach	16
The Effects of Climate Change Meta-Knowledge on Selective Exposure, Selective Elaboration, and Behavioral Intentions	16
Video-Based Group-Values Affirmation Reduces Defensive Responses to Risk Messages	14
Promoting Concern for Climate Change: A Study of Wildfire Photographs Using Q Methodology	14
“Looking at the Big Picture”: A Qualitative Study of Ethics in Science Communication and Engagement	14
A Risky Object? How Microplastics Are Represented in the German Media	14
Linking Psychometric Paradigm of Risk and Issue Attention Cycle: Risk Information in News Coverage of Avian and Swine Influenza Global Outbreaks	13
Communicating Republicans’ Level of Support for Climate Policy Briefly Increases Personal Support in the United States	13
Literate and Critical? Characterizing Users of Alternative Scientific Media	12
Crafting Persuasive Stories: How Uncertainty and Sidedness Influence Narrative Efficacy in Promoting Updated COVID-19 Vaccination	11

Varieties of Awe in Science Communication: Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Practitioners’ Experiences and Uses of This Emotion	11
Measuring Science Literacy in a Digital World: Development and Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Survey Scale	10
Detecting Social Media Rumor Debunking Effectiveness During Public Health Emergencies: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach	10
A Relational Identity-Based Solution to Group Polarization: Can Priming Parental Identity Reduce the Partisan Gap in Attitudes Toward the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
Who Is Skeptical About Scientific Innovation? Examining Worldview Predictors of Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, and Human Gene Editing Attitudes	9
Establishing Trust in Experts During a Crisis: Expert Trustworthiness and Media Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic	9
Bettering Biotech Foods’ Foul Flavor: An Experiment on Correcting Citizens’ Misconceptions About Genetic Modification	8
Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Artificial Intelligence: The Roles of Social Media Exposure and Information Elaboration	8
Risk Communication and Community Engagement During the Migrant Worker COVID-19 Outbreak in Singapore	7
“Listening” to Science: Science Podcasters’ View and Practice in Strategic Science Communication	7
Exploring the Potential of Comics for Science Communication: A Study on Conveying COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Information to Black Americans	7
Creating Successful Science Poems: Craft Elements of Poems With Clear Science Content	7
Talking About Gene Drive in Uganda: The Need for Science Communication to Underpin Engagement	7
Indigenous Biologists and Culture Frames: Effects on Stereotype Perceptions and Conservation Policy Support in Environmental News	7
Debunking Misinformation About Genetically Modified Food Safety on Social Media: Can Heuristic Cues Mitigate Biased Assimilation?	7
Psychological Distance, Construal Level, and Parental Vaccine Hesitancy for COVID-19, HPV, and Monkey Pox Vaccines	7
When Scientists Share Their Struggles: How Scientists’ Self-Presentation on Social Media Influences Public Perceptions, Support for Science, and Information-Seeking Intentions	6
Using a News Article to Convey Climate Science Consensus Information	6
Missing the Bigger Picture: The Need for More Research on Visual Health Misinformation	6
Introduction to This Theme Issue on Processing COVID Information	6