Public Understanding of Science is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1992 and published by SAGE Publications.

The editor-in-chief is Hans-Peter Peters (Research Center Jülich & Free University of Berlin, Germany).

[2] Public Understanding of Science has been criticised for its lack of commitment to open access, given that it publishes research about public understanding and access to scientific knowledge.

[3] However debate continues even within the journal's editorial team.

[4] John Durant, 1992-1997 Bruce V. Lewenstein, 1998-2003 Edna F. Einsiedel, 2004-2009 Martin W. Bauer, 2010-2015 Massimiano Bucchi, 2016-2019 Hans-Peter Peters, 2020–present