Public Understanding of Science

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Abstracting and indexing

Public Understanding of Science is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports , its 2019 2-year impact factor is 2.754, ranking it 13 out of 88 journals in the category "Communication" [1] and 2 out of 46 journals in the category "History & Philosophy of Science". [2]

Criticism

Public Understanding of Science has been criticised for its lack of commitment to open access, given that it publishes research about public understanding and access to scientific knowledge. Journal editors have published reasons for their position in the journal. [3] However debate continues even within the journal's editorial team. [4]

Editors

John Durant, 1992-1997
Bruce V. Lewenstein, 1998-2003
Edna F. Einsiedel, 2004-2009
Martin W. Bauer, 2010-2015
Massimiano Bucchi, 2016-2019
Hans-Peter Peters, 2020–present

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References

  1. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Communication". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2019.
  2. "Journals Ranked by Impact: History & Philosophy of Science". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2019.
  3. "Open access to Public Understanding of Science". Public Understanding of Science. 21 (7): 780–781. 2012. doi: 10.1177/0963662512461882 . PMID   23832557.
  4. Jack Stilgoe (2013-06-18). "Open access inaction". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 2013-07-05.