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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Examining Muslims’ Opinions Toward Cultured Meat in Singapore: The Influence of Presumed Media Influence and Halal Consciousness	61
PubCasts: Putting Voice in Scholarly Work and Science Communication	58
Researchers’ Public Engagement in the Context of Interdisciplinary Research Programs: Learning and Reflection from Boundary Crossing	57
Recognising the Scholar-Creator: Social Media Science Communication as Scholarly Labour	46
Tipping the Scales of Psychological Reactance: A Closer Look at Imperative Language and the Role of Epistemic Certainty	37
Television News, Political Comedy, Party, and Political Knowledge in Global Warming Belief: Evidence From a Large-Scale Panel Survey	36
The Efficacy of Social Media Communication in Engaging Citizen Scientists: Insights From the Jozi Bee Hotel Project	33
Ecologists Prioritize Listening to Community Perspectives When They See the Benefit: Norms and Self-Efficacy Beliefs Appear to Have Little Impact	33
From Participation to Trust? Understanding Trust Dynamics in Participatory Science Communication	25
“Glorified Minute Takers”: Journalists’ (Mis)handling of Scientific Uncertainty During the COVID-19 Pandemic	25
Familiarity Matters: Examining the Effects of AI-Generated Images on Science Information Credibility	20
Science, Not Scientists: Reflections on Science, Culture, and Their Mediators	19
Shifting Narratives: The Role of Science Slams in Climate Mobility Communication	18
Does Scientific Evidence Sell? Combining Manual and Automated Content Analysis to Investigate Scientists’ and Laypeople’s Evidence Practices on Social Media	18
Media Use, Interpersonal Communication, and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence	17
The Public Trust in Science Scale: A Multilevel and Multidimensional Approach	17
Are Productive Scientists More Willing to Engage With the Public?	16
“Looking at the Big Picture”: A Qualitative Study of Ethics in Science Communication and Engagement	15
From Doubt to Action: Examining the Potential of AI Comments in Promoting Health Information Seeking on Social Media	15
Linking Psychometric Paradigm of Risk and Issue Attention Cycle: Risk Information in News Coverage of Avian and Swine Influenza Global Outbreaks	14
The Effects of Climate Change Meta-Knowledge on Selective Exposure, Selective Elaboration, and Behavioral Intentions	14
Communicating Republicans’ Level of Support for Climate Policy Briefly Increases Personal Support in the United States	14
Video-Based Group-Values Affirmation Reduces Defensive Responses to Risk Messages	13
Varieties of Awe in Science Communication: Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Practitioners’ Experiences and Uses of This Emotion	12
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	12
The Paradox of Belief in Science: A Proposal for Reconciliation	12
Video Production Attributes as Tactics for Communicating Science on Social Media	11
Establishing Trust in Experts During a Crisis: Expert Trustworthiness and Media Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
Detecting Social Media Rumor Debunking Effectiveness During Public Health Emergencies: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach	10
Who Is Skeptical About Scientific Innovation? Examining Worldview Predictors of Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, and Human Gene Editing Attitudes	10
Bettering Biotech Foods’ Foul Flavor: An Experiment on Correcting Citizens’ Misconceptions About Genetic Modification	9
Psychological Distance, Construal Level, and Parental Vaccine Hesitancy for COVID-19, HPV, and Monkey Pox Vaccines	9
Measuring Science Literacy in a Digital World: Development and Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Survey Scale	9
Talking About Gene Drive in Uganda: The Need for Science Communication to Underpin Engagement	8
How Scientific Consensus Messaging Promotes Public Support for Socially Good AI: The Moderating Role of Collective Scientific Efficacy	8
Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Artificial Intelligence: The Roles of Social Media Exposure and Information Elaboration	8
Reimagining the Role of Communication in Medical Consensus to Address Medical Mistrust and Disinformation	8
Creating Successful Science Poems: Craft Elements of Poems With Clear Science Content	8
To Fund or Not to Fund? Examining Relationships Between Support for Scientific Research Across Political Ideologies and Science-Related Populist Beliefs	8
When Scientists Share Their Struggles: How Scientists’ Self-Presentation on Social Media Influences Public Perceptions, Support for Science, and Information-Seeking Intentions	7
Missing the Bigger Picture: The Need for More Research on Visual Health Misinformation	7
An Application of the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model in Understanding College Students’ COVID-19 Vaccination Information Seeking and Behavior	7
Exploring the Potential of Comics for Science Communication: A Study on Conveying COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Information to Black Americans	7
Communicating Pollutants That Threaten Tribal Identities: PFAS Contamination in Local Fish and Shellfish	7
Introduction to This Theme Issue on Processing COVID Information	7
Global Dynamics of Climate Change Imagery: Emotional and Engagement Effects Across Visual Frames on Twitter/X	7
Indigenous Biologists and Culture Frames: Effects on Stereotype Perceptions and Conservation Policy Support in Environmental News	7
Minoritized Scientists in the United States: An Identity Perspective to Science Communication	6
Rethinking Trust in Scientists as a Network Model: A Global Analysis and Implications for Science Communication	6
Communicating Science in the Age of GenAI: Can Generative AI Support the Usage of Higher-Level Science Communication Strategies in Writing?	6
Testing the Durability of Persuasion From Moral Appeals About Renewable Energy	6
Exposure to Different Motives of Scientists Moderates Responses to Scientific Consensus: The Case of Cultured Meat	6
Sharon Dunwoody’s Legacy: Three Timely Lessons for Us	6
Conversational Polarization: Eight Key Considerations for Communication Scientists	6
Forcing a Deterministic Frame on Probabilistic Phenomena: A Communication Blind Spot in Media Coverage of the “Replication Crisis”	6
How the Public Makes Sense of Artificial Intelligence: The Interplay Between Communication and Discrete Emotions	6
Science Communication as a Collective Intelligence Endeavor: A Manifesto and Examples for Implementation	6
Striking an Emotional Chord: Effects of Emotional Appeals and Chatbot Anthropomorphism on Persuasive Science Communication	6