What's next for the psychology of science rejection?

The last decade has seen a surge in research on science attitudes, trust in science, and science rejection. As a result, our understanding of the psychology of science rejection has substantially improved. This is important, because science rejection is a pernicious problem that can obstruct potential solutions to various pressing societal and environmental challenges. At the same time, this field of inquiry is limited in-at least-two important ways. First, much of the work conducted is descriptive in nature and not sufficiently guided by theory. Second, research has largely and disproportionately focused on a limited range of science domains, resulting in narrow and/or fuzzy conceptualizations and operationalizations of 'science'. In this article, we argue that for the field to move forward it needs to pay more attention to theory and validity.