Agriculture has adopted many scientific innovations that have improved productivity. The majority of innovations in agriculture have been communicated to ...

Three possibilities are suggested by the author that aims to improve the quality of Science Communication. These are quicker responses to the contemporary ...

JCOM can enhance its contribution to the science communication community by greater rigour in selection and editing and by opening up to reader ...

In terms of efficiency, managing the effects of overpublising (the sheer volume of new papers published each week) has become seriously challenging for ...

Any development issue has mainly two dimensions — ‘interest of few and interest of many’, so is ‘science-communication’ as well, which leads to ...

Throughout its existence JCOM has earned a special recognition as a space of confluence for the international community of science communicators, but how ...

The JCOM I would appreciate reading should address in real time the emerging trends and pressing issues concerning Science in society; it would be ...

This paper brings some reflections on JCOM and, in general on a science communication journal, from the perspective of the developing world. It is ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) is a popular form of treatment for back pain among other musculoskeletal disorders, and it has received increasing media ...

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 ...

In the last decade, social studies of nanotechnology have been characterized by a specific focus on the role of communication and cultural ...

On 22 October 2012, six members of a technical-scientific consultancy agency of the Italian Civil Protection were found guilty of multiple manslaughter ...

Rapid and significant developments in the science of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) have provoked serious social and ethical concerns as well as ...

Engaging the public on emerging science technologies has often presented challenges. People may hold notions that science is too complicated for them to ...

This paper investigated the potential of the Public Internet Terminal (PIT) system to promote basic health education for two rural communities in the ...

Around the world there are widespread efforts to ensure that policy decisions are based upon a sound evidence base, and in particular to facilitate closer ...

The PCST (Public Communication of Science and Technology) conference, held
every two years, offers an opportunity to chart the progress and ...

The SCOOP project aimed to maximise the potential for the transfer of research findings into policy using European-funded socio-economic sciences and ...

This case study describes the development of a climate change information system for New York State, one of the physically largest states in the United ...

Policy-makers, researchers and the general public seem to agree that there is a need for evidence-based policies. Here we report on a case study which ...

Improving communications between scientists and policy makers have being received more and more attention in China. Based on negotiation-boundary work ...