This page contains data to support my argument that the name of Scientific opinion on climate change should be changed to Scientific consensus on climate change.
Google Trends
editWhat is the search trend for the English-speaking world?
Search volume for "scientific consensus on climate change" has fluctuated over time.
Search volume for "scientific opinion on climate change" barely registers.
Google Books Ngram Viewer
editWhich term have scientists, scholars, and other authors used?
Google Books Ngram Viewer results reveal a steep spike in interest for "scientific consensus on climate change" beginning in 1987.
Note the statement within the yellow box: "Ngrams not found: scientific opinion on climate change".
Google Scholar
editWhich phrase have scientists and other authors used over the past 30+ years in peer-reviewed scholarly articles?
(Note: Time frame is "Any time". Citations and patents were deselected for all searches.)
"scientific opinion" "climate change" = About 6,100 results
"scientific consensus" "climate change" = About 27,500 results
"scientific opinion on climate change" = About 191 results
"scientific consensus on climate change" = About 4,100 results
Text analysis of the article
editWhat is the article about?
I converted the article to a text file (UTC-8) and then pasted the text into a text analyzer at Online-Utility.org
Article statistics
editNumber of characters (including spaces) : 107034 | Number of characters (without spaces) : 86679 | Number of words : 16126 | Lexical Density : 16.8610 | Number of sentences : 1085 | Number of syllables : 29280 .
Rank order, word frequency, and percent of all words
edit| Rank | Word | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28. | consensus | 59 | 0.3659 |
| 123. | opinion | 20 | 0.1240 |
| 680. | opinions | 4 | 0.0248 |
Phrase frequency
edit| Phrase | Frequency |
|---|---|
| scientific opinion | 11 |
| scientific consensus | 26 |
Google Search Volume
editWhat do people in the United States search for?
Based on SEMrush United States search data.
| Keyword phrase | Volume |
|---|---|
| scientific consensus on climate change | 1000 |
| scientific opinion on climate change | 10 |
Pageviews data
editI am including these statistics for background info. I don't think Pageviews data is directly relevant to the name change question, although it gives one a sense of the article's use (interest; popularity) over the last few years.
Article: Scientific opinion on climate change
Pageviews: 882,119
Monthly average: 19,177
Edits: 602
Editors: 215
Watchers: 408
Size: 145,353