“Science Festival” may not mean what we think it means: an analysis of how researchers and practitioners use this term

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