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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
PubCasts: Putting Voice in Scholarly Work and Science Communication	56
Ecologists Prioritize Listening to Community Perspectives When They See the Benefit: Norms and Self-Efficacy Beliefs Appear to Have Little Impact	51
Television News, Political Comedy, Party, and Political Knowledge in Global Warming Belief: Evidence From a Large-Scale Panel Survey	51
Tipping the Scales of Psychological Reactance: A Closer Look at Imperative Language and the Role of Epistemic Certainty	46
Researchers’ Public Engagement in the Context of Interdisciplinary Research Programs: Learning and Reflection from Boundary Crossing	31
Examining Muslims’ Opinions Toward Cultured Meat in Singapore: The Influence of Presumed Media Influence and Halal Consciousness	28
Does Scientific Evidence Sell? Combining Manual and Automated Content Analysis to Investigate Scientists’ and Laypeople’s Evidence Practices on Social Media	26
Shifting Narratives: The Role of Science Slams in Climate Mobility Communication	25
The Efficacy of Social Media Communication in Engaging Citizen Scientists: Insights From the Jozi Bee Hotel Project	24
Investigating the Potential of Inoculation Messages and Self-Affirmation in Reducing the Effects of Health Misinformation	23
“Glorified Minute Takers”: Journalists’ (Mis)handling of Scientific Uncertainty During the COVID-19 Pandemic	20
Science, Not Scientists: Reflections on Science, Culture, and Their Mediators	18
From Participation to Trust? Understanding Trust Dynamics in Participatory Science Communication	18
Are Productive Scientists More Willing to Engage With the Public?	18
Media Use, Interpersonal Communication, and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence	17
Video-Based Group-Values Affirmation Reduces Defensive Responses to Risk Messages	16
The Public Trust in Science Scale: A Multilevel and Multidimensional Approach	16
“Looking at the Big Picture”: A Qualitative Study of Ethics in Science Communication and Engagement	15
Communicating Republicans’ Level of Support for Climate Policy Briefly Increases Personal Support in the United States	14
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	13
Crafting Persuasive Stories: How Uncertainty and Sidedness Influence Narrative Efficacy in Promoting Updated COVID-19 Vaccination	12
Varieties of Awe in Science Communication: Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Practitioners’ Experiences and Uses of This Emotion	12
The Paradox of Belief in Science: A Proposal for Reconciliation	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
Literate and Critical? Characterizing Users of Alternative Scientific Media	10
Establishing Trust in Experts During a Crisis: Expert Trustworthiness and Media Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic	9
“Listening” to Science: Science Podcasters’ View and Practice in Strategic Science Communication	8
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
Talking About Gene Drive in Uganda: The Need for Science Communication to Underpin Engagement	8
Who Is Skeptical About Scientific Innovation? Examining Worldview Predictors of Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, and Human Gene Editing Attitudes	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
Creating Successful Science Poems: Craft Elements of Poems With Clear Science Content	7
Minoritized Scientists in the United States: An Identity Perspective to Science Communication	6
Exploring the Potential of Comics for Science Communication: A Study on Conveying COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Information to Black Americans	6
Indigenous Biologists and Culture Frames: Effects on Stereotype Perceptions and Conservation Policy Support in Environmental News	6
An Application of the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model in Understanding College Students’ COVID-19 Vaccination Information Seeking and Behavior	6
Risk Communication and Community Engagement During the Migrant Worker COVID-19 Outbreak in Singapore	6
Missing the Bigger Picture: The Need for More Research on Visual Health Misinformation	6
How the Public Makes Sense of Artificial Intelligence: The Interplay Between Communication and Discrete Emotions	6
Exposure to Different Motives of Scientists Moderates Responses to Scientific Consensus: The Case of Cultured Meat	6
When Scientists Share Their Struggles: How Scientists’ Self-Presentation on Social Media Influences Public Perceptions, Support for Science, and Information-Seeking Intentions	6
Introduction to This Theme Issue on Processing COVID Information	6