Opinion: Lay summaries needed to enhance science communication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3585-3586

  Kuehne, Lauren M ^a   Olden, Julian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGER; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84925428445     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500882112     Document Type: Note

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