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ArticlePublic understanding of science (Bristol, England)2022

Science-related populism declining during the COVID-19 pandemic: A panel survey of the Swiss population before and after the Coronavirus outbreak.

Niels G Mede, Mike S Schäfer

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Article in Public understanding of science (Bristol, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Niels G MedeUniversity of Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5707-7568
Mike S SchäferUniversity of Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0847-7503
University of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic led to increased public support for societal institutions including science, a phenomenon described as "rally-round-the-flag" dynamic. However, it is unclear if this dynamic has also reduced public

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COVID-19PandemicsDisease OutbreaksHumansPoliticsSARS-CoV-2Switzerlandattitudes to scienceCOVID-19 pandemicpanel surveypopulismrally-round-the-flag effect

Identifiers

PMID34758659
PMCPMC8814940
OpenAlexW3211636242

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