Dr. Germana Barata is a research associate in the Publishing Program at Simon Fraser University and a science communication researcher at the Laboratory of Advanced Studies in Journalism (Labjor) and the Centre for the Development of Creativity (Nudecri) at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil. She holds a MSc and PhD in History of Science from São Paulo University and a productivity research fellowship in science communication at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil. She also teaches in Labjor/Unicamp’s Master in Science Communication program and Science Journalism specialization.

Germana’s research focuses on how social media and altmetrics (alternative metrics for measuring the societal impact of science) affect the value of Brazilian Science journals. Her current project, “Social impact of the Brazilian Science production through science communication”, is financed by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP no. 2016/14173-2). She is also working on a project in partnership with University of the Fraser Valley, Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC), and ACS (Association des Communicateurs Scientifique du Quebéc) called “Mapping the new landscape of science communicators and writers in Canada”, funded by SSHRC.

She writes at Ciência em Revista and Diário de Vancouver, a monthly Vancouver diary for Jornal da Unicamp. A complete list of her publications and presentations can be found at ResearchGate.net, and she can be found on Twitter at @germanabarata.

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Barata, G., Caldas, G., Gascoigne, T., Barata, G., Caldas, G., & Gascoigne, T. (2017). Brazilian science communication research: national and international contributions. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, AHEAD, 0–0. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201720160822
Barata, G. (2017). Ensino em alto mar desafia limites para formação de cidadão do mundo. Ciência e Cultura, 69(2), 16–18. https://doi.org/10.21800/2317-66602017000200007
Barata, G., Shores, K., & Alperin, J. P. (2018). Local chatter or international buzz? Language differences on posts about Zika research on Twitter and Facebook. PLOS ONE, 13(1), e0190482. https://doi.org/10/gcssvk
Barata, G., & Alperin, J. P. (2018, July). Social media use by Brazilian academics (O USO DE MÍDIAS SOCIAIS POR ACADÊMICOS BRASILEIROS). EBBC 6, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Barata, G., Riedlinger, M., Schiele, A., & Pablo Alperin, J. (2018, September 16). Using social media metrics to identify science communicators in Canada. Science & You Conference, Beijing, China.
Riedlinger, M., Schiele, A., & Barata, G. (2018, September 16). Mapping the contemporary science communication landscape in Canada. Science & You Conference, Beijing, China.
Barata, G. (2019). Por métricas alternativas mais relevantes para a América Latina. Transinformação, 31, e190031. https://doi.org/10.1590/2318-0889201931e190031
Riedlinger, M., Barata, G., & Schiele, A. (2019). The landscape of science communication in contemporary Canada: A focus on anglophone actors and networks. Cultures of Science, 2(1), 51–83.
Rode, S. D. M., & Barata, G. (2019). Ciência brasileira: Impactos para muito além do Fator de Impacto. Revista Pesquisa Em Fisioterapia, 9(4), 444. https://doi.org/10.17267/2238-2704rpf.v9i4.2609
Enkhbayar, A., Haustein, S., Barata, G., & Alperin, J. P. (2020). How much research shared on Facebook happens outside of public pages and groups? A comparison of public and private online activity around PLOS ONE papers. Quantitative Science Studies, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00044