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RESEARCH PRODUCT

La investigación teórica sobre la divulgación de la ciencia en España: situación actual y retos para el futuro

Rafael Aleixandre-benaventGregorio González-alcaideJuan Carlos Valderrama-zurián

subject

Cultural StudiesSociology and Political ScienceDivulgación de la cienciaGeneral Arts and HumanitiesLibrary sciencelcsh:Aresearch areasAnálisis bibliométricosResearch areasField (geography)General Worksanálisis bibliométricoImportant researchScientific literacyBibliometricsámbitos de investigaciónASociologylcsh:General WorksÁmbitos de investigaciónbibliometricsPopular sciencePopular ScienceScientific disciplinesScience journalism

description

Spanish Scientific Research about Popular Science is analyzed to identify the main scientific agents, dissemination means and subjects in this field. It is an heterogeneous area related to several scientific disciplines and purposes, stand out above them Information and Education. 286 journal articles and 50 PhD Thesis have been analyzed, observing a high increase of publications in 90s remaining until now. The five most important research cores identified are the followings: Science Journalism, Science Literacy, Linguistics and the researches related to Museums and Scientific Disciplines such as Medicine, Environment or Archaeology.

10.3989/arbor.2009.738n1058http://arbor.revistas.csic.es/index.php/arbor/article/view/336