What's hot and what's not in the aquatic sciences—Understanding and improving news coverage

IF 5.1 2区 地球科学 Q1 LIMNOLOGY Limnology and Oceanography Letters Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI:10.1002/lol2.10425
John A. Downing
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The frequency of news reporting about scientific topics is positively related to public interest as well as to public support for science funding and public policy change. This correlation can also have positive impacts on individual scientific careers depending on the chosen subject area of research. Analysis of a public news database shows the frequency and trends in news reporting of several popular research areas in the aquatic sciences. The frequency of appearance of topics in the news varies over more than three orders of magnitude. Temporal trends in reporting vary from steeply increasing (+25% per year) to declining (−4% per year). Suggestions are offered concerning the framing of research topics and overall better communication of research findings to journalists and the general public. This understanding may increase news prominence, public interest, science funding, and policy change in aquatic research areas.
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水产科学中的热点和非热点--了解和改进新闻报道
有关科学主题的新闻报道频率与公众兴趣以及公众对科学资助和公共政策变革的支持呈正相关。根据所选研究领域的不同,这种相关性也会对个人的科学生涯产生积极影响。对公共新闻数据库的分析显示了水产科学中几个热门研究领域的新闻报道频率和趋势。这些主题在新闻中出现的频率相差超过三个数量级。报道的时间趋势从急剧增加(每年+25%)到减少(每年-4%)不等。我们就研究课题的框架以及更好地向记者和公众传播研究成果提出了建议。这种理解可能会提高水产研究领域的新闻显著性、公众兴趣、科学资助和政策变化。
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期刊介绍: Limnology and Oceanography Letters (LO-Letters) serves as a platform for communicating the latest innovative and trend-setting research in the aquatic sciences. Manuscripts submitted to LO-Letters are expected to present high-impact, cutting-edge results, discoveries, or conceptual developments across all areas of limnology and oceanography, including their integration. Selection criteria for manuscripts include their broad relevance to the field, strong empirical and conceptual foundations, succinct and elegant conclusions, and potential to advance knowledge in aquatic sciences.
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