Dorothy Nelkin

8.0k citations
163 papers · 4.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 31
Topics
Risk Perception and Management (13 papers)Science Education and Perceptions (11 papers)Climate Change Communication and Perception (9 papers)

In The Last Decade

Dorothy Nelkin

154 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology19872026200020131987200400600

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Dorothy Nelkin
Comparison fields: 5 of 175
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.9k
  • Communication 562
  • Genetics 544
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 430
  • General Health Professions 374
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All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
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The molecular gaze : art in the genetic age
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2 17
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Introduction: The Body, Economic Power and Social Control: Introduction
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La mystique de l'ADN : pourquoi sommes-nous fascinés par le gène ?
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6 46
7 9
8 124
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Reporting Risk: The Case of Silicone Breast Implants
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Dangerous diagnostics : the social power of biological information : with a new preface
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The jurisprudence of genetics.
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Las imágenes de la ciencia en la prensa americana
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Public Participation in Technological Decisions : Reality or Grand Illusion : Technology Review
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How to doctor the media.
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Science as intellectual property : who controls research?
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Science, Rationality, and the Creation/Evolution Dispute.
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A Program to Coordinate Environmental Research
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On the season : aspects of the migrant labor system
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Search For Continental Unity
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About Dorothy Nelkin

Dorothy Nelkin is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Chemical Health and Safety and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 163 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Risk Perception and Management (13 papers), Science Education and Perceptions (11 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (562 citations), Sociology and Political Science (1.9k citations) and History and Philosophy of Science (158 citations). Dorothy Nelkin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. Frequent co-authors include M. Susan Lindee, Jennifer Elias, Lori B. Andrews, Frances B. McCrea, Peter Conrad, Bruce V. Lewenstein, James M. Jasper, Robert D. Benford, M. Pollak and Carol A. Heimer. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

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