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Expert credibility in climate change [1]

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Although preliminary estimates from published literature and expert surveys suggest striking agreement among climate scientists on the tenets of anthropogenic climate change (ACC), the American public expresses substantial doubt about both the anthropogenic cause and the level of scientific agreement underpinning ACC. A broad analysis of the climate scientist community itself, the distribution of credibility of dissenting researchers relative to agreeing researchers, and the level of agreement among top climate experts has not been conducted and would inform future ACC discussions. Here, we use an extensive dataset of 1,372 climate researchers and their publication and citation data to show that (i) 97

Publication Date: 
06/07/2010
William R. L. Anderegg [2], James W. Prall [3], Jacob Harold & et al [4]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [5]
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Climate Change [6], Climate Science [7], IPCC [8], Climate Impacts [9], Scientists [10], Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [5], William R. L. Anderegg [2], James W. Prall [3], Jacob Harold & et al [4]
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