Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • CAREER COLUMN

How to get media coverage and boost your science’s impact

A good communications strategy can get your research seen by decision makers, says Rebecca Fuoco.
  1. Rebecca Fuoco

    1. Rebecca Fuoco leads communications at the Green Science Policy Institute in Berkeley, California.

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed  Google Scholar

At the Green Science Policy Institute, where I work to communicate science to the public, we’ve seen at first hand how using a good communications strategy for scientific papers can lead to positive change. As a non-profit organization that works to translate science on harmful chemicals into better policies and business practices, it’s an indispensable part of what we do.

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Get just this article for as long as you need it

$39.95

Learn more

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02067-8

This is an article from the Nature Careers Community, a place for Nature readers to share their professional experiences and advice. Guest posts are encouraged.

References

  1. Yang, C. et al. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 7, 585–593 (2020).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Whitehead, H. D. et al. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 8, 538–544 (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Sumner, P. et al. BMJ 349, g7015 (2014).

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Sumner, P. et al. PLoS ONE 11, e0168217 (2016).

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Adams R. C. et al. BMC Med. 17, 91 (2019).

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Competing Interests

The author declares no competing interests.

Subjects

Latest on:

Nature Careers

Jobs

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing

Search

Advanced search

Quick links