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ImprovingPolicy&Purchasing:CommunicatingaboutOrganohalogens
GreenSciencePolicyInstitute
Communicationsstrategyforpeer-reviewedarticles
canincreasemediacoverageanddownloads.
Title Journal Year #Downloads
AltmetricScore
UCMR3PFAS ES&TLett. 2016 25,152 902
FastfoodPFAS ES&TLett. 2017 9,509 892
Never-endingstoryPFAS
ES&T 2017 3,149 94
#2forES&TLetters
#3forES&TLetters
Green Science Policy Communications Strategy
•Selectresearchtopictosupportpolicyinthepublicinterest.•Collaboratewithauthorsfrommultipleinstitutions.•Afterthepaperisaccepted,selectadateformaximumimpactforthepapertogoonline(2-4weeksinthefuture).
•Publishopen-access• Composepressreleaseinaccessiblelanguagewitha“hook”.•Queryjournalists&sharerelease&paperwiththosewhorespond.•Educatejournalistsonthescience&establishrelationships.•Hopeitisnotabignewsday.•Followupwithdecisionmakers.
ANeverEndingStoryofPFASsWang,etal.ES&T2017,©2017ACS
Watersheds with point sources have higher detection frequencies for PFASs
Cindy Hu et al, ES&T Letters, 2016From Cindy Hu et al, 2015
FluorineinU.S.fastfoodpackagingpaper(percentpositive;400productssampled)
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AdoptedfromSchaiderL.2016FluorinatedcompoundsinU.S.fastfoodpackaging.
Should these products be considered compostable?
Communicationsstrategyforpeer-reviewedarticlescanincreasemediacoverageanddownloads.
#2forES&TLetters
#3forES&TLetters
Title Journal Year #Citations(perGoogleScholar)
#ofDownloads
AltmetricAttentionScore
Never-endingstoryPFAS
Environ.Sci.Technol.
2017 0 3,149 94
FastfoodPFAS Environ.Sci.Technol.Lett.
2017 0 9,509 892
UCMR3PFAS Environ.Sci.Technol.Lett.
2016 14 25,152 902
Flameretardantcouch study
Environ.Sci.Technol.
2012 161 5,190 96
Flameretardantsbabyproducts
Environ.Sci.Technol.
2011 210 20,672 62
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