Evaluation
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Writing About Think Tanks and Using Their Research: A Cautionary Tip SheetAdvice from Journalist's Resource for journalists reporting on think tank research. Includes such tips as: look at the annual report, identify staff and advisors, investigate funding and budgets, and be aware of political leanings and conflicts of interest.
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Think Tank Credibility: an annotated reading listThis annotated reading list is a review of resources that address credibility. Through a mixture of academic and non-academic readings it offers an overview of the subject and aims to help readers explore the concept of credibility.
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Think Tank WatchNews & information about think tanks.
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On Think Tanks BlogThis blog focuses on key internal and external issues of relevance and interest to think tanks as well as their staff and supporters.
Rankings by Influence and Transparency
- 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index ReportAnnual ranking from the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Ranking from 2008-2019 are at TTCSP Global Go To Think Tank Index Reports.
- Top Influential Think TanksRankings from AcademicInfluence.com which uses artificial intelligence to determine the world's most influential think tanks.