Public Understanding of Science
Last updated ISSN 0963-6625
Public Understanding of Science is published by SAGE Publishing in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,900.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Public Understanding of Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Risk Perception and Management
- Media Studies and Communication
- Science Education and Perceptions
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Social Media and Politics
- Media Influence and Health
- History of Science and Medicine
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0963-6625, 1361-6609 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,900 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,972 |
| Publishing since | 1992 |
| Journal website | pus.sagepub.com/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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