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D-Index
50
Citations
29766
World Ranking
4845
National Ranking
1778

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2015 - GSA Public Service Award, The Geological Society of America
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Naomi Oreskes is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans across Social Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions in subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Communication, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

The primary research topics of this scientist include Climate Change Communication and Perception, Misinformation and Its Impacts, Climate Change and Geoengineering, Risk Perception and Management, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Global Energy and Sustainability Research.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Naomi Oreskes cover a range of issues relating to climate and science communication. Notable publications include:

  • "Rhetoric and frame analysis of ExxonMobil's climate change communications", 2021, One Earth
  • "Assessing ExxonMobil's global warming projections", 2023, Science
  • "The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth", 2024, BioScience
  • "Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries", 2025, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Majority of German citizens, US citizens and climate scientists support policy advocacy by climate researchers and expect greater political engagement", 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Naomi Oreskes include:

  • Viktoria Cologna
  • Sander van der Linden
  • Ullrich K. H. Ecker
  • Niels G. Mede
  • Geoffrey Supran

The scientist has published extensively in venues focusing on environmental and scientific communication, such as:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Scientific American
  • Science
  • Nature
  • Daedalus

Naomi Oreskes has also contributed to academic literature through books published by recognized presses, including:

  • Why Trust Science? (2021) published by Princeton University Press
  • ¿Por qué confiar en la ciencia? (2022) published by Ediciones Universitarias de Valparaíso de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso eBooks

Awards and honors in recognition of Naomi Oreskes' contributions include:

  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2018
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2017
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2016
  • GSA Public Service Award, The Geological Society of America, 2015
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007

Best Publications

  • Verification, Validation, and Confirmation of Numerical Models in the Earth Sciences

    Naomi Oreskes;Kristin Shrader-Frechette;Kenneth Belitz

  • The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change

    Naomi Oreskes

  • The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

    Colin N. Waters;Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin Summerhayes;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming

    John Cook;John Cook;Naomi Oreskes;Peter T Doran;William R L Anderegg;William R L Anderegg

  • When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters;Mark Williams;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • Geological characteristics and tectonic setting of proterozoic iron oxide (CuUAuREE) deposits

    Murray W. Hitzman;Naomi Oreskes;Marco T. Einaudi

  • The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future

    Naomi Oreskes;Erik M. Conway

  • Assessing ExxonMobil’s climate change communications (1977–2014)

    Geoffrey Supran;Naomi Oreskes

  • The Working Group on the Anthropocene: Summary of evidence and interim recommendations

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters;Colin N. Waters;Colin P. Summerhayes;Alexander P. Wolfe

  • The Rejection of Continental Drift: Theory and Method in American Earth Science

    Naomi Oreskes

  • Climate change prediction: Erring on the side of least drama?

    Keynyn Brysse;Naomi Oreskes;Jessica O'Reilly;Michael Oppenheimer

  • The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How Do We Know We’re Not Wrong?

    Naomi Oreskes

  • Science and public policy: what's proof got to do with it?

    Naomi Oreskes

  • Origin of rare earth element-enriched hematite breccias at the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, Roxby Downs, South Australia

    Naomi Oreskes;Marco T. Einaudi

  • Scale and diversity of the physical technosphere: A geological perspective:

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Mark Williams;Colin N. Waters;Colin N. Waters;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • Rhetoric and frame analysis of ExxonMobil's climate change communications

    Geoffrey Supran;Naomi Oreskes

  • Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections

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  • Stratigraphic and Earth System approaches to defining the Anthropocene

    Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Reinhold Leinfelder;Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters

  • Evaluation (not validation) of quantitative models.

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  • Seepage: Climate change denial and its effect on the scientific community

    Stephan Lewandowsky;Naomi Oreskes;James S. Risbey;Ben R. Newell

  • The climate responsibilities of industrial carbon producers

    Peter C. Frumhoff;Richard Heede;Naomi Oreskes

  • Why Trust Science

    Naomi Oreskes

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Lewandowsky
Stephan Lewandowsky University of Bristol
James S. Risbey
James S. Risbey Illinois Tool Works (United States)
Colin N. Waters
Colin N. Waters University of Leicester
Will Steffen
Will Steffen Australian National University
Reinhold Leinfelder
Reinhold Leinfelder Freie Universität Berlin
Stefan Rahmstorf
Stefan Rahmstorf Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Alejandro Cearreta
Alejandro Cearreta University of the Basque Country
Alexander P. Wolfe
Alexander P. Wolfe University of Alberta
Anthony D. Barnosky
Anthony D. Barnosky University of California, Berkeley
Mark Williams
Mark Williams University of Leicester

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