Partisan disparities in the use of science in policy

2025/04/24 by Alexander Furnas, Timothy M. LaPira, Dashun Wang · 1 voice · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Decision Sciences · #Climate Change Communication and Perception #Policy Transfer and Learning #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · doi:10.1126/science.adt9895

openalex publication_date 2025/04/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Abstract

Documents from Congress and think tanks reflect differences in how science is cited.

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