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Issue 1, march 2013

editorialJCOM — Five Years into the Future
Nico Pitrelli
20/03/2013
In the next few months, JCOM will undergo relevant changes. A new owner will take charge of its editorial management and define new development strategies. ...
articleUsing a scientific literacy cluster to determine participant attitudes in scientific events in Japan, and potential applications to improving science communication
Shishin Kawamoto, Minoru Nakayama, Miki Saijo
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 ...

articleNewspaper portrayals of spinal manipulation therapy: Canada, United States, and the United Kingdom
Christen Rachul, Heather Boon, Timothy Caulfield
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 ...

articleDiffusing scientific knowledge to innovative experts
Svend Tveden-Nyborg, Morten Misfeldt, Birte Boelt
21/03/2013

Communicating science to scientists works well thanks to well-defined communication structures based on both printed material in peer-reviewed ...

commentAs requested: brief, frank, and informal
Bruna De Marchi
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 ...

commentThe Art of Science Communication
Alessandra Drioli
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 ...

commentDeveloping world and science communication research
Luisa Massarani
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 ...

commentJCOM — what do I expect form a science communication journal
Matteo Merzagora
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 ...

commentSeven memos for the next JCOM
Juan Nepote
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 ...

comment‘Science-communication’ journals: navigating through uncertainties
Manoj Kumar Patairiya
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 ...

commentCommunity and research
Carmelo Polino
21/03/2013


commentWhile changes in the “how” are exciting, changes in the “how much” could be exasperating
Gema Revuelta
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 ...

commentOpen spaces for debate and discussion
Brian Trench
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 ...

commentReflecting on the role of informal learning and visitor experience in science museums
Maria Xanthoudaki
21/03/2013


commentQuicker, shorter and focus on special issues
Yan Wu
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 ...