Academic staff and public communication: A survey of popular science publishing across 13 countries

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-63

  Bentley, Peter ^a   Kyvik, Svein ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

dissemination of research; popular science; popular science publishing; popularisation of research; science communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551645557     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662510384461     Document Type: Article

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