Climate Change Communication and Perception
Climate Change Communication and Perception is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 38.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the perceptions, communication, and societal responses to climate change, including public attitudes, risk perception, media coverage, policy preferences, psychological impacts, and cultural cognition. It delves into the role of affect, imagery, values, and science literacy in shaping public views on global warming and climate change. The cluster also addresses the politicization of climate change, barriers to engagement, and the impact of personal experience on risk perception.
- Climate Change
- Public Perception
- Science Communication
- Risk Perception
- Media Coverage
- Policy Preferences
- Global Warming
- Psychological Responses
- Cultural Cognition
- Environmental Attitudes
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 38.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +47% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Climate Change Communication and Perception research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.4k and 485 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.4k works
- 2 United Kingdom 485 works
- 3 Germany 430 works
- 4 China 249 works
- 5 Canada 230 works
- 6 Australia 229 works
- 7 Spain 177 works
- 8 Netherlands 150 works
- 9 Italy 141 works
- 10 France 129 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Climate Change Communication and Perception research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Aarhus University publishes the most Climate Change Communication and Perception research, followed by University of Helsinki and University of Cambridge.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 28 works
- 2 University of HelsinkiFinland 24 works
- 3 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 23 works
- 4 University of TorontoCanada 21 works
- 5 The University of QueenslandAustralia 21 works
- 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
- 7 Universität HamburgGermany 20 works
- 8 University of CopenhagenDenmark 20 works
- 9 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 20 works
- 10 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 19 works
Who are the leading researchers in Climate Change Communication and Perception?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Climate Change Communication and Perception include Paul Slovic and Benjamin K. Sovacool.
- 1 Paul Slovic United States 3.5k citations
- 2 Benjamin K. Sovacool Denmark 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Climate Change Communication and Perception research done?
The largest centres of Climate Change Communication and Perception research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), New York (United States) and Melbourne (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bergen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 109 works
- 2 Beijing China 69 works
- 3 New York United States 56 works
- 4 Melbourne Australia 48 works
- 5 Washington D.C. United States 45 works
- 6 Berlin Germany 44 works
- 7 Copenhagen Denmark 39 works
- 8 Toronto Canada 38 works
- 9 Paris France 38 works
- 10 Boston United States 36 works
Where it is the local speciality
- BergenNO · 27.5 works9.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Climate Change Communication and Perception than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Climate Change Communication and Perception?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Amsterdam, University of Zurich and University of Groningen score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of AmsterdamNetherlands | 71.1 | 64.3% | 7.1× | 20 | +72.2% |
| 2 | University of ZurichSwitzerland | 69.4 | 61.5% | 6.0× | 18 | +140.6% |
| 3 | University of GroningenNetherlands | 67.0 | 60.7% | 6.3× | 17 | +112.6% |
| 4 | University of BathUnited Kingdom | 66.3 | 60.7% | 9.8× | 13 | +32.6% |
| 5 | University of HelsinkiFinland | 65.2 | 43.8% | 7.6× | 24 | +88.2% |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom | 63.3 | 64.2% | 8.7× | 11 | +52.7% |
| 7 | Utrecht UniversityNetherlands | 62.9 | 50.8% | 6.7× | 20 | +73.5% |
| 8 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom | 62.7 | 59.7% | 3.9× | 23 | +83.9% |
| 9 | The University of QueenslandAustralia | 62.4 | 58.6% | 4.6× | 21 | +80.0% |
| 10 | University of BergenNorway | 61.8 | 38.9% | 10.0× | 14 | +81.6% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Climate Change Communication and Perception research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Climate Change Communication and Perception.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.