Issue 1, march 2013
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editorial JCOM — Five Years into the Future -
20/03/2013In the next few months, JCOM will undergo relevant changes. A new owner will take charge of its editorial management and define new development strategies. ...
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article Using a scientific literacy cluster to determine participant attitudes in scientific events in Japan, and potential applications to improving science communication -
28/01/2013
Various science events including Science Cafés have been held in Japan. However, there is the question whether these are events in which all people in ...
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article Newspaper portrayals of spinal manipulation therapy: Canada, United States, and the United Kingdom -
27/02/2013
Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) is a popular form of treatment for back pain among other musculoskeletal disorders, and it has received increasing media ...
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article Diffusing scientific knowledge to innovative experts -
21/03/2013
Communicating science to scientists works well thanks to well-defined communication structures based on both printed material in peer-reviewed ...
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comment As requested: brief, frank, and informal -
21/03/2013
Scientific journalism ought to pay attention not only to the “products” of science, but also to the ways in which it operates in any given historical and ...
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comment The Art of Science Communication -
21/03/2013
The science&art research played an important role in the topics covered by JCOM because actually the convergence of languages and themes of art and ...
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comment Developing world and science communication research -
21/03/2013
This paper brings some reflections on JCOM and, in general on a science communication journal, from the perspective of the developing world. It is ...
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comment JCOM — what do I expect form a science communication journal -
21/03/2013
The JCOM I would appreciate reading should address in real time the emerging trends and pressing issues concerning Science in society; it would be ...
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comment Seven memos for the next JCOM -
21/03/2013
Throughout its existence JCOM has earned a special recognition as a space of confluence for the international community of science communicators, but how ...
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comment ‘Science-communication’ journals: navigating through uncertainties -
21/03/2013
Any development issue has mainly two dimensions — ‘interest of few and interest of many’, so is ‘science-communication’ as well, which leads to ...
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comment Community and research -
21/03/2013
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comment While changes in the “how” are exciting, changes in the “how much” could be exasperating -
21/03/2013
In terms of efficiency, managing the effects of overpublising (the sheer volume of new papers published each week) has become seriously challenging for ...
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comment Open spaces for debate and discussion -
21/03/2013
JCOM can enhance its contribution to the science communication community by greater rigour in selection and editing and by opening up to reader ...
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comment Reflecting on the role of informal learning and visitor experience in science museums -
21/03/2013
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comment Quicker, shorter and focus on special issues -
21/03/2013
Three possibilities are suggested by the author that aims to improve the quality of Science Communication. These are quicker responses to the contemporary ...