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ArticleF1000Research2016

Aiming for long-term, objective-driven science communication in the UK.

Andreas Prokop, Sam Illingworth

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Article in F1000Research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Andreas ProkopFaculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Sam IllingworthSchool of Research, Enterprise & Innovation, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Communicating science to wider lay audiences is an increasingly important part of a scientist's remit, and is something that many scientists are keen to embrace. However, based on surveys carried out amongst the UK public, as well as our own experiences in developing and delivering such activities, we believe that they are not always as effective at engaging members of the general public as they could be. In this opinion article we argue that in order to achieve more effective science communication, we need more objective-driven and long-term initiatives. As well as being implemented by the scientists themselves, funding organisations can play an important role in helping to drive such initiatives, and we suggest a list of actionable items that might allow for some of these ideas to be implemented.

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fundingnatural sciencesScience communication

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PMID28163891
PMCPMC5270583

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