<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sinan Demirtürk</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fuat Uzun</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Latif İltar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yılmaz Yeşil</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Muhammet Koçak</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seyfullah Yıldırım</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mustafa Tekeli</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Murat Şahin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">İlhan Günbayı</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Savaş Varlık</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND EPISTEMIC TRUST THROUGH SCIENCE EDUCATION: THE MODERATED MEDIATION ROLE OF EPISTEMIC RESPONSIBILITY</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Baltic Science Education</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">epistemic responsibility</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">epistemic trust</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">science communication</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">science education</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">science teacher</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">August/2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=4575701</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">continuous</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Science communication and education play a vital role in making scientific knowledge accessible and trustworthy in society. However, declining trust in scientific authority, the proliferation of disinformation, and epistemic crises underscore the heightened responsibility of scientists and educators. This study investigates the moderated mediation role of epistemic responsibility in the correlation between science communication and epistemic trust through science education. Adopting an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design, the research first employed qualitative focus group interviews with purposively sampled expert science. Thematic analysis identified key patterns, informing the subsequent quantitative phase, where a validated scale was developed through rigorous reliability and validity testing. Results confirmed that epistemic responsibility functions as a moderated mediation between science communication and epistemic trust within science education. The findings emphasize the need for educational policies to foster students’ epistemic sensitivity via ethics-based and inquiry-driven learning environments. By integrating qualitative insights with quantitative validation, this study contributes to addressing epistemic challenges in science communication and education, offering practical implications for enhancing trust and accountability in scientific discourse.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">637-654</style></section></record></records></xml>