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September 27, 2022
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Serious games as an efficient strategy for science communication in the Covid-19 pandemic

Publicated to:Revista Latina De Comunicacion Social. 81 (80): 40-62 - 2022-01-01 81(80), DOI: 10.4185/RLCS-2022-1788

Authors: Gertrudis-Casado, Maria-del-Carmen; Galvez-de-la-Cuesta, Maria-del-Carmen; Romero-Luis, Juan; Gertrudix, Manuel

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Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Minist Univ FPU, Programa Formac Prof, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Introduction: The communicative needs derived from the Covid-19 pandemic have encouraged the development of initiatives dedicated to channeling information to citizens through a diversity of actions. Serious games generated through game jams are an outstanding example. Methodology: The main objective of this research is to evaluate the possibilities of efficient production of serious games in the field of scientific communication on Covid-19 and in the context of production established by game jams. From a qualitative perspective, a selective search of this type of events in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic is carried out and identifies those productions whose objective is to inform with scientific rigor on aspects related to Covid-19, with a ludic communication model. Results: The production model is analyzed, followed by the ludic strategy of the three types of video games offered in the sample: reaction-based, recreation and strategy. As a last element of analysis, the playability provides a triple vision where the usability of the games stands out especially. Discussion and Conclusions: On the one hand, the planning and investment necessities that serious games require to guarantee their effectiveness as communicative products in the scientific field are evident. Likewise, it is observed that the high investment and production do not necessarily influence the receptivity of the public. Finally, it is concluded that the appropriate targeting of audiences and objectives can generate an adequate and effective communication strategy in the field of science.

Keywords

Covid-19Game jamLudic communicationScience communicationSerious gamesSocial communicationVideo gamesVideogames

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista Latina De Comunicacion Social due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Communication.

Desde una perspectiva relativa, los impactos normalizados en entornos vinculados a las áreas de humanidades y ciencias sociales dentro del contexto nacional, este trabajo consigue un valor de citación normalizada, calculado a partir de los datos proporcionados por Dialnet Métricas, de: 5.26, lo que indica que, de manera comparada con trabajos en la misma disciplina y en el mismo año de publicación, lo ubica como trabajo citado por encima de la media al menos en el contexto nacional. (source consulted: Dialnet Metrics Dec 2023)

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-22:

  • Dialnet Métricas: 4
  • Google Scholar: 16
  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 3

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-22:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 17.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 29 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 17.75.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 12 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Gertrudis Casado, María del Carmen) and Last Author (Gertrudix Barrio, Manuel).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Gálvez de la Cuesta, Maria del Carmen.