Peter James Bentley|Svein Kyvik
Academic staff and public communication: a survey of popular science publishing across 13 countries
Norwegian Association for Development Research|Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education
study crossnational empirical analysis popular science publishing among university staff 13country sample countries included study argentina australia brazil canada finland germany hong kong italy malaysia mexico norway uk usa study seeks quantify extent popular science publishing relationship scientific publishing popular science publishing measured number articles written scientists newspapers magazines threeyear period 200507 findings suggest popular science publishing undertaken minority academic staff far lesser extent scientific publishing despite arguably fewer rewards associated publishing nonspecialist public data suggests academic staff popular publications higher levels scientific publishing academic rank positive relationship scientific popular publishing consistent across countries academic fields extent popular science publishing varies field country