Optimism and pessimism toward science: A new way to look at the public’s evaluations of science and technology discoveries and recommendations

Vaccination, politics and COVID-19 impacts

(2022) Don Albrecht   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Correlates and disparities of intention to vaccinate against COVID-19

(2021) Timothy Callaghan et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

The role of trust in citizen acceptance of climate policy: Comparing perceptions of government competence, integrity and value similarity

(2021) Shelby Kitt et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Polarization of public trust in scientists between 1978 and 2018

(2021) Nan Li et al.   Politics and the Life Sciences

Trust in scientists in times of pandemic: Panel evidence from 12 countries

(2021) Yann Algan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of motivated science reception and numeracy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

(2021) Fabian Hutmacher et al.   PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE

How behavioural science data helps mitigate the COVID-19 crisis

(2020) Cornelia Betsch   Nature Human Behaviour

Assessing optimism and pessimism about genomic medicine: Development of a Genomic Orientation (GO) scale

(2019) Caroline Horrow et al.   CLINICAL GENETICS

Scientists’ views and positions on global warming and climate change: A content analysis of congressional testimonies

(2015) Xinsheng Liu et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Examining the determinants of public environmental concern: Evidence from national public surveys

(2014) Xinsheng Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Understanding Public Opinion in Debates over Biomedical Research: Looking beyond Political Partisanship to Focus on Beliefs about Science and Society

(2014) Matthew Nisbet et al.   PLoS One

Knowledge, risk, and policy support: Public perceptions of nuclear power

(2013) James W. Stoutenborough et al.   ENERGY POLICY

The influence of political ideology on trust in science

(2013) Aaron M McCright et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The Role of Emotion in Global Warming Policy Support and Opposition

(2013) Nicholas Smith et al.   RISK ANALYSIS

The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks

(2012) Dan M. Kahan et al.   Nature Climate Change

Public optimism towards nanomedicine

(2011) Massimo Bottini et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Making sense of policy choices: understanding the roles of value predispositions, mass media, and cognitive processing in public attitudes toward nanotechnology

(2010) Shirley S. Ho et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

The Association of Knowledge with Concern About Global Warming: Trusted Information Sources Shape Public Thinking

(2009) Ariel Malka et al.   RISK ANALYSIS

Personal Efficacy, the Information Environment, and Attitudes Toward Global Warming and Climate Change in the United States

(2008) Paul M. Kellstedt et al.   RISK ANALYSIS