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This document was complied by Suzanne de Cheveigné (suzanne.de-cheveigne@univmed.fr) in May 2011 from elements sent in by subscribers to the PCST list in response to a query concerning "semi-professional" science magazines, i.e. the ones scientists would read in their countries (but that are not academic journals). In some cases, the table contains information on all science magazines. Indicated in bold are the magazine(s) widely read by scientists. This table will be updated as further information arrives.
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Country
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Magazine
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Source of information
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Mail
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Argentina
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Ciencia Hoy
http://www.cienciahoy.org.ar
Ciencia e Investigacion
http://aargentinapciencias.org
A list of science magazines :
http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_alphabetic&lng=es&nrm=iso
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SolangeLoubière
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sloubiere@gmail.com
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Australia
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Cosmos, Australasian Science, Australian Geographic
Australian R&D Review (www.ardr.com.au)
American Scientist
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Susannah Eliott
Jesse Shore
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SEliott@aussmc.org
jesse@prismaticsciences.com
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Belgium (French speaking)
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La Recherche (published in France)
La Revue des Questions Scientifiques ,d'actualité, histoire et philosophie des Sciences.
www.revuedesquestionsscientifiques.be
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Marie Botman
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marie.botman@fundp.ac.be
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Brazil
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- RevistaPesquisaFapesp: http://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/ Published by the most important and biggest research foundation in the country. This magazine is distributed freely to all scientists and students that receive founds from FAPESP and it is also available at news stand.
- Scientific American Brasil: http://www2.uol.com.br/sciam/ Although it brings mostly international reports and few national ones.
- Ciência&Cultura: http://cienciaecultura.bvs.br/ Published by the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC) since 1949. It is distributed freely to all members of SBPC and also to scientific institutions and university libraries in a total of 8,000 issues every 3 months.
- CiênciaHoje: http://cienciahoje.uol.com.br/ Created in 1982 by SBPC. It is available at newstands. It is the most traditional popular science magazine in the country, written by scientists and few science journalists
There are other magazines about science yet I would not consider them exclusively about science, since they also deal with curiosity, culture, sometimes pseudo-science, but they are popular science magazines. Which are:
- Superinteressante: http://super.abril.com.br/
- Galileo: http://revistagalileu.globo.com/
- GEO: http://revistageo.uol.com.br/
- Conhecer: http://revistaconhecer.uol.com.br/
- Mente&Cérebro: http://www2.uol.com.br/vivermente/
- National Geographic: http://viajeaqui.abril.com.br/national-geographic/
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GermanaBarata
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germanabarata@yahoo.com
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Canada (Quebec)
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Non Canadian : Scientific American, La Recherche (for Quebec, published in France) The New Scientist, Nature, Science, Natural History, Seed, Discover
Découvrir, in French, presently suspended, published by the Association francophone pour le savoir http://www.acfas.ca/decouvrir/a_propos.html
QS Québec Science
http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/
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Jean-Marc Fleury
Arnet
Sheppard
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jmfleury@wfsj.org
Arnet.Sheppard@nserc-crsng.gc.ca
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France
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"Semi-professional":
La Recherche, Pour la Science (French edition of Scientific American)
Popular:
Sciences et Avenir, Sciences et Vie, Çam'intéresse
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Suzanne de Cheveigné
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suzanne.de-cheveigné@univmed.fr
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Germany
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Bild der Wissenschaft (circ.. 2008: 108 710)
SpektrumderWissenschaft (http://www.spektrum.de/, circ. 2008: 93 543)
Technology Review (http://www.heise.de/tr/, circ. 2008: 40 497)
P.M (circ. 2008: 364 506)
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Gerhard Samulat
Markus Lehmkuhl
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GerhardSamulat@web.de
kuhle@zedat.fu-berlin.de
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Great Britain
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New Scientist, Physics World (http://physicsworld.com/)
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Liz Whitelegg
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e.l.whitelegg@open.ac.uk
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India
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1. Science Reporter (in English) published by the National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) www.niscair.res.in, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
Monthly, by subscription, among the largest selling magazines of this genre in the country. Read by students at the high school, graduate and postgraduate levels, and also scientists, professionals and the general public. http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/11656
2. Current Science -English, Professional magazine with a sizeable
general readership, published by the Indian Academy of Sciences,
Bangalore, www.ias.ernet.in; available fulltext free online
3. Resonance - For higher education professionals, English, published by
the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, www.ias.res.in; available
fulltext free online
4. VigyanPragati - Hindi, published by the National Institute of Science
Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi; www.niscair.res.in, by
subscription
5. Science-ki-dunia - Urdu, published by the National Institute of Science
Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi; www.niscair.res.in, by
subscription
6. BalaVijnana - Kannada, published by the Karnataka RajyaVijnana
Parishat, Bangalore, available on subscription, no online version
7. VijnanaLoka - Kannada, published by the Karnataka Science and
Technology Academy, Bangalore, available online free text, www.ksta.org
(http://kstacademy.org/vlfeb11.html)
8. Dream 2027 - English and Hindi - Published by VigyanPrasar, New Delhi,
full text available free online at www.vigyanprasar.gov.in
The MIT's Technology Review is also available in its Indian version.
For some time we had Indian editions of Scientific American and New
Scientist also, but they are no more published in India.
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Chandra Mohan Nautiyal
HasanJawaid Khan
ManojPatairiya
Kollegala Sharma
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cmnautiyal@yahoo.co.uk
hjkhan1963@yahoo.com
manojpatairiya@yahoo.com
sharma@cftri.res.in
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Ireland
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Scientific American, New Scientist and BBC's Focus
Science Spin, http://www.sciencespin.com/
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Yvonne Cunningham
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yvonne.cunningham@dcu.ie
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Japan
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KAGAKU [Science Journal]
published by Iwanami Shoten
founded in 1931
The publisher is one of the most highly appreciated publishers in Japan.
monthly
NIKKEI SAINENSU [Nikkei Science]
published by Nikkei Shinbunsha
founded in 1971
Japanese version of Scientific American containing a few Japanese
original articles.
monthly
NYUTON [Newton]
published by Newton Press
founded in 1981
Fully colored, illustrated, one.
monthly
RIKATAN [abbreviated from RIKA TANKEN, which means Science Adventure]
published by BUN-ICHI SOGO Publisher
founded in 2007
monthly
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Osamu Sakura
Masataka Watanabe
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sakura@iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp
m7watana@jst.go.jp
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Mexico
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Ciencias, revista de difusión
Facultad de Ciencias, National University, Mexico
Quarterly magazine published since 1982
www.revistas.unam.mx
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Patricia Magaña
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zoilamagarue@gmail.com
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South Africa
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Quest, quarterly magazine of the Academy of Science for South
Africa - http://www.questinteractive.co.za/
Popular Mechanics, South Africa -
http://www.popularmechanics.co.za/
Sciencescope - an example of a science council magazine (many
universities have similar magazines) - http://www.csir.co.za/publications/
Innovation for development
Engineering News
Science in Africa - online science magazine for African science -
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/
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Helen Malherbe
Marina Joubert
MawethuNyakatya
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helen@hmconsult.co.za
marina@southernscience.co.za
nyakatya@sun.ac.za
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Spain
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Muyinteresante
National Geographic
Quo
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Cristina RodríguezLuque
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cristinarluque@gmail.com
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Sweden
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No "semi-professional"
Serious journal on general science for the general public, read by some scientists: ForskningochFramsteg. The English translation of the title would be Research & Development. Website (in Swedish only): www.fof.se
Owned by a non-profit foundation supported by various research funding bodies.
Forskning, about natural sciences, technology and research politics.
"Illustreradvetenskap" international magazine published in 15 countries. http://illvet.se/
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LåttaSkogh
Britt Olofsdotter
CissiAskwall
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latta.skogh@ne.se
Britt.Olofsdotter-Jonsson@FORMAS.SE
cissi@v-a.se
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USA
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Science (AAAS), Popular Science, Scientific American, Skeptical Inquirer and The Skeptic
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Susan Losh
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slosh@fsu.edu
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