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This study aimed to understand the perspectives and implications of dementia researchers communicating with policymakers and public research decision-makers (public officials).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study uses 24 questions from an anonymous, online survey, which was received by 392 members of nine European, Latin American, and United States medical researcher associations\/networks in the fields of age-related neurological degeneration and dementia medicine. The data were analyzed via crosstab analysis, two group comparison analyses, and a logistic regression model.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In total, 91 (23.2%) respondents completed the questionnaire. Eight independent variables were related to researchers\u2019 research discipline, research remuneration, experience, authorship, H-index, and research grants. The statistically significant variables determining whether the respondents had contact with public officials were \u201cYears of research experience\u201d (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> =\u202f0.004), \u201cNumber of articles first-authored in the last 5\u202fyears\u201d (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> =\u202f0.007), and \u201cAverage H-index in the last 5\u202fyears\u201d (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> =\u202f0.048) [median (IQR)]; 47% of the surveyed researchers had been in contact with public officials in the last 12\u202fmonths. The most frequently communicated topics were the importance of their own research to society (61%) and their own funding (60%); 87% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f79) of the researchers did not believe that public officials had a very good understanding of their dementia research.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Less than half (47%) of dementia researchers communicate with public officials, and they communicate mostly about the importance of their own research and funding their own research. 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