cc: "Profeta, Tim (Lieberman)" , "Loschnigg, Johannes (Lieberman)" date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:25:42 -0400 from: "Michael E. Mann" subject: RE: Senate hearing to: "Miller, Chris (EPW)" This op-ed today in the "New Zealand Herald' from the 'editor' who published the Soon at al "Climate Research" paper: [1]http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3512583&thesection=news&thesubsection =dialogue Such comments would seem to disqualify such an individual from being an editor of a scientific journal. Coupled with the attached 'Scientific American' piece, this seems to make a compelling case that something is rotten in the journal "Climate Research"... perhaps worth keeping copies of these, mike At 04:04 PM 7/14/2003 -0400, Miller, Chris (EPW) wrote: Thanks. This is very helpful. FYI - David Legates is likely to be a majority witness, as well as Soon. -----Original Message----- From: Michael E. Mann [[2]mailto:mann@virginia.edu] Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 11:50 AM To: Miller, Chris (EPW) Cc: Profeta, Tim (Lieberman); Loschnigg, Johannes (Lieberman) Subject: Re: Senate hearing Dear Chris, Tim, Johannes: I felt that it might be useful for you all to have the information I've tabulated below, in case a discussion of the relative scientific credentials of various scientists emerges during the senate hearing later this month. The 'Science Citation Index', along with the number of peer-reviewed publications has long been used as measure of the reputation, impact, and credibility of a scientists work (it is one of the key diagnostics used to determine tenure or advancement at academic and scientific research institutions). It allows the evaluation of not just the issue of how many publications an author has contributed to the peer-reviewed scientific literature, but whether that scientists' work is being read and acknowledged by his/her peers--i.e., is the work considered important by the rest of the scientific community. I've provided a relative comparison of myself, W. Soon, and S. Baliunas (these change on a weekly basis, mine are the latest numbers through July 11, 2003 from the ISI International database. One caveat to note: not all peer-reviewed publications appear in the ISI--they need, for example, to have been cited at least once, and some peer-reviewed journals are not entered into ISI, so the numbers give a good overall picture, but the details would very depend on precisely how you did the counting. Provided are (1) # of peer-reviewed publications (journal articles and other *reviewed* manuscripts, book chapters, etc). Note that for Soon and Baliunas, almost all of their reviewed papers have appeared in the 'astronomical literature', and not the 'climate' literature. Note also that I haven't included manuscripts that are 'in press'. This would add about 4 to my publication total, and I suspect no more than 1 to either Soon or Baliunas. My up-to-date CV can be accessed here: [3]http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mem6u/cv.htm or here: [4]http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mem6u/cv.pdf (2) the # total number of recorded citations (as provided by ISI International) of their work by other scientists, and (3) the number of publications for which the number of citations exceeded the various totals indicated. I think the results would be eye-opening, if the issue of scientific credibility, reputation, and respect by peers is raised in the course of the hearing (the minority might indeed want to broach the topic itself), mike # of publications # of Citations #>100 cited >80 >50 >20 Michael E. Mann 54 1217 3 5 8 12 Sally Baliunas 11 180 0 1 1 3 Willie Soon 7 142 0 0 0 3 Professor Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 _______________________________________________________________________ e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-7770 FAX: (434) 982-2137 [5]http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/faculty/people/mann.shtml ______________________________________________________________ Professor Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 _______________________________________________________________________ e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-7770 FAX: (434) 982-2137 [6]http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/faculty/people/mann.shtml Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\SciAmJune03-Appell-sidebar.pdf"