The modern science festival movement has grown significantly since the Edinburgh International Science Festival launched in 1989. Hundreds of science festivals now occur annually and vary widely. This article examines how the term “science festival” is used within research and practice. We find that most research articles fail to describe the science festivals they study. A subsequent analysis of festival websites and other publicly available information confirms the wide variability of science festival formats, which suggests the need for descriptive information about science festivals in scholarly work.

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“科学节”可能并不像我们认为的那样：分析研究人员和从业者如何使用这个术语

自 1989 年爱丁堡国际科学节发起以来，现代科学节运动有了显着的发展。现在每年都会举办数百个科学节，而且种类繁多。本文探讨了“科学节”一词在研究和实践中的使用方式。我们发现大多数研究文章未能描述他们研究的科学节。随后对节日网站和其他公开信息的分析证实了科学节形式的广泛变化，这表明学术工作中需要关于科学节的描述性信息。