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Noriko Hara

Social Sciences · Indiana University

Publications

153

Citations

5,389

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

40

Publishing since 1987

Research summary
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Noriko Hara studies how people engage with science through online platforms and social media, examining who participates, how knowledge is shared, and how controversial scientific topics are discussed in digital spaces. Recent work focuses on public engagement with science on platforms like Twitter and Reddit, covering topics from COVID-19 and climate change to generative artificial intelligence. The research also explores online knowledge-sharing communities and collaborative knowledge negotiation.

Public engagement with science on social mediaOnline knowledge sharing and communitiesScience communicationControversial online discussions (e.g., vaccines, climate change)Social/semantic network analysis

Publication activity has been variable across the decade but shows a noticeable increase in recent years, with the highest counts in 2023 and 2025.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 3 publications19202021: 3 publications21222023: 7 publications7232024: 3 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • PLoS ONE×4
  • Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology×3
  • Information Communication & Society×2
  • Journal of Science Communication×2
  • First Monday×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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