TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions and actions
T2 - Relationships of views on risk with citation actions of nanotechnology scientists
AU - Youtie, Jan
AU - Carley, Stephen
AU - Shapira, Philip
AU - Corley, Elizabeth
AU - Scheufele, Dietram A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was undertaken with support from the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (sponsored by the National Science Foundation under cooperative agreement #0937591) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School (135GL82). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the UW-Madison Graduate School.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - This study links survey data on scientists' societal perceptions of nanotechnology with publication data to understand the extent of association between societal perspectives held by nanoscientists and publication actions. Specifically, we explore the relationship between scientists' attitudes in two areas and their actions in citing nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety (EHS) publications. This relationship is examined by linking responses from participants in the University of Wisconsin's Nanotechnology and Society Survey of nanoscientists with publication data from the Georgia Tech global nanotechnology database. The likelihood of citing EHS publications is estimated as a function of the two societal perception variables as well as the scientific field and background characteristics such as PhD completion year, tenure-track position, gender, and religiosity. We find that perceptions about moral limits mediate citation actions whereas attitudes toward government regulation have no significant effect.
AB - This study links survey data on scientists' societal perceptions of nanotechnology with publication data to understand the extent of association between societal perspectives held by nanoscientists and publication actions. Specifically, we explore the relationship between scientists' attitudes in two areas and their actions in citing nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety (EHS) publications. This relationship is examined by linking responses from participants in the University of Wisconsin's Nanotechnology and Society Survey of nanoscientists with publication data from the Georgia Tech global nanotechnology database. The likelihood of citing EHS publications is estimated as a function of the two societal perception variables as well as the scientific field and background characteristics such as PhD completion year, tenure-track position, gender, and religiosity. We find that perceptions about moral limits mediate citation actions whereas attitudes toward government regulation have no significant effect.
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U2 - 10.3152/095820211X13176484436014
DO - 10.3152/095820211X13176484436014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84555218826
SN - 0958-2029
VL - 20
SP - 377
EP - 388
JO - Research Evaluation
JF - Research Evaluation
IS - 5
ER -