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{{Short description|American policy journal}}

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{{Infobox Journal

| titlecaption = Issues in Science and Technology

| abbreviation = Issues Sci. Technol.

| cover = Summer 2022 Cover.jpg

| discipline = [[Public policy]]

| editor = Lisa Margonelli

| publisher = [[National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine]] and [[Arizona State University]]

| country = United States

| frequency = Quarterly

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| website = httphttps://www.issues.org/

| ISSN = 0748-5492

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'''''Issues in Science and Technology''''' is a policy journal published by the [[National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine]]; and [[Arizona State University]]. ''Issues''The journal is a forum for discussion of public policy related to [[Science and Public Policy|science]], technology, engineering, and medicine. This includes policy for science (how to nurture the health of the research enterprise) and science for policy (how to use knowledge more effectively to achieve social goals), with emphasis on the latter.

According to the journal’sjournal's [[mission statement]]: “Unlike"Unlike a popular magazine, in which journalists report on the work of experts, or a professional journal, in which experts communicate with colleagues, ''Issues'' is a place where researchers, government officials, business leaders, and others with a stake in [[public policy]] can share ideas with a broad audience. When it comes to the relationship between society and advances in science and technology, the perspectives of the boardroom, the statehouse, the federal agency, and the community are as important as that of the laboratory.”"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Issues |title=About ISSUES |url=https://issues.org/about-us/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Issues in Science and Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''''Issues in Science and Technology''''' is a policy journal published by the [[National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine]]; and [[Arizona State University]]. ''Issues'' is a forum for discussion of public policy related to science, technology, engineering, and medicine. This includes policy for science (how to nurture the health of the research enterprise) and science for policy (how to use knowledge more effectively to achieve social goals), with emphasis on the latter.

The journal analyzes current topics in science, technology, and medicine, and seeks to provide recommendations by luminaries in government, industry, and academia to solve them. In the book review section, authors assess recent books about science and technology.

According to the journal’s mission statement: “Unlike a popular magazine, in which journalists report on the work of experts, or a professional journal, in which experts communicate with colleagues, ''Issues'' is a place where researchers, government officials, business leaders, and others with a stake in public policy can share ideas with a broad audience. When it comes to the relationship between society and advances in science and technology, the perspectives of the boardroom, the statehouse, the federal agency, and the community are as important as that of the laboratory.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Issues |title=About ISSUES |url=https://issues.org/about-us/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Issues in Science and Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>

The journal also produces a podcast, ''[https://anchor.fm/issuesinscienceandtech/ The Ongoing Transformation]'', which features discussions with policymakers, academics, and other expert contributors to the publication.

''Issues'' analyzes current topics in science, technology, and medicine, and seeks to provide recommendations by luminaries in government, industry, and academia to solve them. In the book review section, ''Issues'' authors assess recent books about science and technology. Contributors and artists featured in the journal include [[Carl Sagan]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sagan |first=Carl |date=Summer 1994 |title=Long-Range Consequences of Interplanetary Collisions |url=https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Sagan-and-Ostro.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Issues in Science and Technology}}</ref> [[Marcia McNutt]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcia McNutt Archives |url=https://issues.org/byline/marcia-mcnutt/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Issues in Science and Technology |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Michael M. Crow]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael M. Crow Archives |url=https://issues.org/byline/michael-m-crow/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Issues in Science and Technology |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Neal Francis Lane|Neal Lane]], [[Elizabeth Loftus|Elizabeth F. Loftus]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Issues |date=2002-07-01 |title=Memory Faults and Fixes |url=https://issues.org/loftus/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Issues in Science and Technology |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ernest Moniz]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Issues |date=2006-10-01 |title=Forum - Fall 2006 |url=https://issues.org/forum-fall-2006/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Issues in Science and Technology |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Bruce Sterling]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sterling |first=Bruce |date=Spring 2021 |title=Leyner on Love |url=https://issues.org/last-orgy-divine-hermit-leyner-review-sterling/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Issues in Science and Technology}}</ref> and [[Jennifer Jacquet]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacquet |first=Jennifer |date=Winter 2019 |title=The Case Against Octopus Farming |url=https://issues.org/the-case-against-octopus-farming/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Issues in Science and Technology}}</ref> Interviewees include [[Jennifer Doudna]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doudna |first=Jennifer |date=Spring 2020 |title=A Viable Path Toward Responsible Use |url=https://issues.org/jennifer-doudna-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Issues in Science and Technology}}</ref> [[Janet Napolitano]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Issues |date=2021-01-12 |title=Janet Napolitano on COVID and New Threats to the Homeland |url=https://issues.org/janet-napolitano-cybersecurity/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Issues in Science and Technology |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Alondra Nelson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Issues |date=2021-10-19 |title=Interview with Alondra Nelson |url=https://issues.org/science-technology-policy-social-issue-alondra-nelson-interview/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Issues in Science and Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==

The journal also produces a podcast, ''[https://anchor.fm/issuesinscienceandtech/ The Ongoing Transformation]'', which features discussions with policymakers, academics, and other expert contributors to the publication.

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*{{official|http://www.issues.org}}

*[https://anchor.fm/issuesinscienceandtech/ ''The Ongoing Transformation'']

{{Arizona State University|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:English-language journals]]

[[Category:Quarterly journals]]