Marlene Sophie Altenmüller

Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries

Viktoria Cologna, Niels G. Mede, Sebastian Berger et al. · Nature Human Behaviour · 2025 · 222 citations · Full text

Public Affairs, Political Science, Public Policy +16

When research is me-search: How researchers’ motivation to pursue a topic affects laypeople’s trust in science

Marlene Sophie Altenmüller, Leonie Lucia Lange, Mario Gollwitzer · PLoS ONE · 2021 · 55 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +12

No harm in being self-corrective: Self-criticism and reform intentions increase researchers’ epistemic trustworthiness and credibility in the eyes of the public

Marlene Sophie Altenmüller, Stephan Nuding, Mario Gollwitzer · Public Understanding of Science · 2021 · 41 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +14

Explaining Polarized Trust in Scientists: A Political Stereotype-Approach

Marlene Sophie Altenmüller, Tobias Wingen, Anna Schulte · Science Communication · 2024 · 35 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Communication, Political Science +14

Science communication gets personal: Ambivalent effects of self-disclosure in science communication on trust in science.

Marlene Sophie Altenmüller, Lorenz Kampschulte, Laura Verbeek et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied · 2023 · 20 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Communication, Psychology +10