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  "textContent": "#### _Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today._\n\nThe number of peer-reviewed scientific studies authored by scientists at the EPA has declined since the beginning of Donald Trump’s second administration, according to a new analysis.\n\nThe analysis was published by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit organization that advocates for public employees in the natural resource and environmental professions. The report tracks the number of peer-reviewed scientific studies authored by EPA scientists since 1977.\n\nAccording to PEER’s analysis, 61 peer-reviewed publications by EPA scientists have been published so far this year, putting the agency on track to publish 183 articles by the end of 2026. That would be 67% of the number of articles published the previous year and 54% of the number of articles published in 2024.\n\n“These numbers represent a diminution of scientific contributions from the fewer, remaining EPA scientists,” Kyla Bennett, a science policy director at PEER and a former EPA attorney, said in a statement. “The net result is that the scientific contribution of EPA to a greater understanding of what affects human health and the environment will be diminished.”\n\nThe number of peer-reviewed publications authored by EPA scientists in 2026 will be just over half of the number published in 2024, if current publication rates continue. As of 5 May, 2026, EPA authors have published 61 peer-reviewed articles for the year. Credit: PEER, Grace van Deelen\n\nPeer-reviewed publications can take years to review and publish, meaning the work for a publication may have occurred during a previous administration. But the decline in publications may indicate a shift away from long-term basic research at the agency, according to PEER.\n\nSince Trump took office, hundreds of scientists have been terminated from the EPA or have chosen to resign, and scientists working within at least one of its research office have been told to pause efforts to publish research, representing “millions of dollars of research, potentially, that’s now being stopped,” one EPA employee told The Washington Post anonymously.\n\n##\n**Related**\n\n**• Read the PEER Analysis: Sharp Dropoff in EPA Scientific Publications\n**• The State of the Science 1 Year On: The Federal Workforce**\n**• How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the EPA**\n**• Get Involved: AGU Science Policy Action Center****\n****\n\nIn February, the EPA took final steps to eliminate the Office of Research and Development, the arm of the agency responsible for conducting research**.** In its place, Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that a new office, called the Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions, would be formed but would not operate as a separate division.\n\nSix EPA scientists who signed an open letter expressing frustration about changes to the agency, including the elimination of the Office of Research and Development, were terminated and have filed claims with the federal government arguing that their terminations were illegal retaliation.\n\n—Grace van Deelen (@gvd.bsky.social), Staff Writer\n\n## **_These updates are made possible through information from the scientific community. Do you have a story about how changes in law or policy are affecting scientists or research? Send us a tip at eos@agu.org._**\n\n###### Text © 2026. AGU. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0\nExcept where otherwise noted, images are subject to copyright. Any reuse without express permission from the copyright owner is prohibited.",
  "title": "Number of Scientific Publications from EPA Authors Has Dropped During Trump Administration"
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