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IPCC

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — primary global climate-science assessment body since 1988.

SourceScore Index
A·91Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A — primary global climate-science citation; multi-stage review across hundreds of authors.

Citation Discipline
A+·95

Multi-stage review across thousands of expert + government reviewers; methodology + uncertainty explicit.

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Modern Reference
A·88

Open-access reports + interactive atlas; structured data; DOI per major report.

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Citation Velocity
A·90

Default global citation for climate science; cited by every major climate assessment + policy body.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A+·95
  • Multi-stage review
    Each Assessment Report goes through 3+ formal review stages with public comment.

Modern Reference

A·88
  • Open-access mandate
    All Assessment Reports + Special Reports open access.

Citation Velocity

A·90
  • Climate-policy default
    Cited by every government climate plan, climate-press article, and AI-engine climate query.

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