Public Understanding of Science
eISSN:
13616609 | ISSN:
09636625 | Current volume: 33 | Current issue: 8
Frequency: 8 Times/Year
Public Understanding of Science (PUS) is a peer-reviewed, international and interdisciplinary journal covering the interrelationship of science and the public in the context of different societies. It aims to serve the community of scholars by providing a reputable place to share research relevant to the journal scope. It also addresses scientists of all disciplines, research managers, and science communication practitioners in science museums and outreach departments, for example, who are interested in public understanding of science and the manifold ways in which science and publics communicate, interact, and influence each other.
The journal was founded in London in 1992, at a time of growing activity in the field of science communication in the UK, in practice, academic research and teaching. The aim was to bring together scholarly research about science and its publics, irrespective of the disciplinary allegiance of the researcher, and thus to contribute to a reflective practice of science communication in society. Initiated by John Durant, its first editor and Professor of Public Understanding of Science at Imperial College, and moved forward by Jane Gregory, its first managing editor, Public Understanding of Science was originally co-published by IOP Publishing, a subsidiary of the UK’s Institute of Physics which invested in the journal as a contribution to research in this field, and Science Museum, London. Since 2003 PUS is published by SAGE London.
PUS publishes eight issues per year and is indexed by ISI Web of Science and Scopus. Its impact factor shows that it is a leading journal in its field. Contingent on the general arrangements between SAGE and the authors' institutions, and the individual decision of authors, articles are either published Open Access or in the traditional publication model requiring an institutional or individual subscription for access to the full text.
The editorial team consists of Journal Editor, Managing Editor, Book Review Editor, Historical Moments Editor, and Social Media Editor. An Editorial Board and Editorial Advisory Board advise the editorial team and make sure that the journal is well-rooted in the community that it serves.
Social media activities
Articles published in Public Understanding of Science are announced and promoted through the journal's Twitter account @SciPublic. Twitter is also used to link relevant PUS content with online discourses and to support our authors who present at conferences.
PUS operates a Blog at https://sagepus.blogspot.com/ that deals with topics covered by the journal and aims at addressing a broader public audience interested in the interrelationship of science and the public. Authors of articles published in PUS are invited to blog about their article. Book reviews published in the journal are also posted on our blog. Furthermore, the blog is open for thematically relevant submissions unrelated to published articles. See our guidelines on how to post on the PUS Blog.
Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pscience.
The journal was founded in London in 1992, at a time of growing activity in the field of science communication in the UK, in practice, academic research and teaching. The aim was to bring together scholarly research about science and its publics, irrespective of the disciplinary allegiance of the researcher, and thus to contribute to a reflective practice of science communication in society. Initiated by John Durant, its first editor and Professor of Public Understanding of Science at Imperial College, and moved forward by Jane Gregory, its first managing editor, Public Understanding of Science was originally co-published by IOP Publishing, a subsidiary of the UK’s Institute of Physics which invested in the journal as a contribution to research in this field, and Science Museum, London. Since 2003 PUS is published by SAGE London.
PUS publishes eight issues per year and is indexed by ISI Web of Science and Scopus. Its impact factor shows that it is a leading journal in its field. Contingent on the general arrangements between SAGE and the authors' institutions, and the individual decision of authors, articles are either published Open Access or in the traditional publication model requiring an institutional or individual subscription for access to the full text.
The editorial team consists of Journal Editor, Managing Editor, Book Review Editor, Historical Moments Editor, and Social Media Editor. An Editorial Board and Editorial Advisory Board advise the editorial team and make sure that the journal is well-rooted in the community that it serves.
Our main articles types are Research Articles, Research Notes, Review Articles, Essays and Commentaries. Furthermore, we publish Book Reviews and Historical Moments Essays. Besides individual articles, PUS considers proposals on special issues devoted to a particular topic. For details on article formats and submission, please consult our Submission Guidelines.
Public Understanding of Science is available electronically on SAGE Journals Online at https://pus.sagepub.com/. The editorial office can be contacted at editorial-office@pus-journal.com.Social media activities
Articles published in Public Understanding of Science are announced and promoted through the journal's Twitter account @SciPublic. Twitter is also used to link relevant PUS content with online discourses and to support our authors who present at conferences.
PUS operates a Blog at https://sagepus.blogspot.com/ that deals with topics covered by the journal and aims at addressing a broader public audience interested in the interrelationship of science and the public. Authors of articles published in PUS are invited to blog about their article. Book reviews published in the journal are also posted on our blog. Furthermore, the blog is open for thematically relevant submissions unrelated to published articles. See our guidelines on how to post on the PUS Blog.
Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pscience.
Public Understanding of Science (PUS) publishes articles on the interrelationship between science and the public in the context of different societies. It considers contributions from a variety of disciplines and perspectives such as communication, social studies of science, psychology, philosophy & history of science, and political science. "Science" is understood in a broad way including the social sciences and humanities, technological and medical innovations, and scientific expertise on climate change, environment and health.
Typical topics are:
- public perceptions, representations and assessments of science (e.g., knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and trust);
- public communication of science and scientific expertise in traditional and social media, science fiction and popular culture, events, and science museums;
- informal science education in public settings;
- public discourses and controversies over science and innovative technologies;
- public engagement, collaborations of science and public, public participation in knowledge creation, innovation and governance (citizen science, responsible research and innovation);
- models and theories of public understanding of science and science communication;
- medialization and medialization of science, public relations of science, open science;
- para-science and anti-science, science and religion, science and indigenous/traditional knowledge, scientific and everyday culture.
PUS aims to provide its readers significant and novel insights into the relationship of science and the public in different cultural, political and socio-economic contexts, and its authors a reputable place to publish theoretical, empirical and historical analyses of high quality. As an international journal, it looks for contributions from different world regions and favors articles that are of broad international interest and include cross-cultural comparisons. Because of the geographical, disciplinary and professional diversity of its audience, PUS expects authors to ensure their articles are comprehensible and relevant for interested readers beyond their own specialized peer community.
Editor
| Hans Peter Peters | Free University of Berlin, Germany |
Managing Editor
| Susan Howard | London, UK |
Book Review Editor
| Brian Trench | Dublin City University, Ireland |
Historical Moments Editor
| Jean-Baptiste Gouyon | University College London, UK |
Social Media Editor
| Mojirayo Ogunkanmi | London, UK |
Editorial Board
| Ayelet Baram-Tsabari | Israel Institute of Technology, Israel |
| Massimiano Bucchi | University of Trento, Italy |
| Jean-Baptiste Gouyon | University College London, UK |
| Pablo Kreimer | Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina |
| Niels Mejlgaard | Aarhus University, Denmark |
| Sally Stares | City University London, UK |
| Esa Väliverronen | University of Helsinki, Finland |
Former Editors
| Massimiano Bucchi | University of Trento, Italy (2016-2019) |
| Martin W. Bauer | London School of Economics and Political Science, UK (2010-2015) |
| Edna F. Einsiedel | University of Calgary, Canada (2004-2009) |
| Bruce V. Lewenstein | Cornell University, USA (1998-2003) |
| John Durant | MIT Museum, USA (1992-1997) |
Editorial Advisory Board
| Nick Allum | University of Essex, UK |
| John C. Besley | Michigan State University, USA |
| Dominique Brossard | University of Wisconsin, USA |
| Donghong Cheng | China Association of Science and Technology, China |
| Celeste Michelle Condit | University of Georgia, USA |
| Fabienne Crettaz von Roten | University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Roei Davidson | University of Haifa, Israel |
| Declan Fahy | Dublin City University, Ireland |
| Felice Frankel | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
| Jane Gregory | University of Cambridge, UK |
| Christine Hauskeller | University of Exeter, UK |
| Friederike Hendriks | Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany |
| Stephen Hilgartner | Cornell University, USA |
| Maja Horst | University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Alan Irwin | Copenhagen Business School, Denmark |
| Nina Janich | Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany |
| Hepeng Jia | Soochow University, China |
| Marina Joubert | Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| Hak-Soo Kim | Sogang University, South Korea |
| Tadashi Kobayashi | Osaka University, Japan |
| Nicole Kronberger | Johannes Kepler University, Austria |
| Simon Lock | University College London, UK |
| Luisa Massarani | Brazilian Institute of Public Communication of Science and Technology, Brazil |
| Merryn McKinnon | Australian National University, Australia |
| Jon Miller | University of Michigan, USA |
| Steve Miller | University College London, UK |
| Matthew C. Nisbet | Northeastern University, USA |
| Vincenzo Pavone | Spanish National Research Council, Spain |
| Giuseppe Pellegrini | Observa Science in Society, Italy |
| Gauhar Raza | National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, India |
| Mike S. Schäfer | University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| Bernard Schiele | Université du Québec, Canada |
| Rajesh Shukla | Institute for Human Development, India |
| Wolfgang Wagner | University of Tartu, Estonia |
| Guoyan Wang | Soochow University, China |
| Guosheng Wu | Tsinghua University, China |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.