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Nature 417, 222 (16 May 2002) | doi:10.1038/417222c

Advocacy and analysis

Carl Mitcham1

  1. Liberal Arts and International Studies, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA

Roger A. Pielke, in his Commentary "Policy, politics and perspective" (Nature 416, 367–368; 2002) argues that scientists should not be advocates; that research should be communicated to society through policy analysts.