Appendix 1: AR6 quan i ica ion - Da a ga he ing and me hods
no ebook
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17521819
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4 h No embe 2025
Table o Con en s
Appendix 1: Quan i ica ion No ebook..................................................................................................1
Task summa y..................................................................................................................................2
1. PDF File Size, Page coun , Wo d coun ....................................................................................3
Me hods.................................................................................................................................3
Findings...................................................................................................................................3
2. PDF Licencing in o ma ion and DOIs.......................................................................................4
Me hods.................................................................................................................................4
No es......................................................................................................................................4
Summa y................................................................................................................................4
Findings...................................................................................................................................4
3. AR6 Ci a ions / e e ences: Bib ex downloads, e e ence coun ............................................5
Me hods.................................................................................................................................5
Findings...................................................................................................................................5
Sou ces o es ima ed e e ence / ci a ion coun pe epo :................................................5
4. AR6 Au ho s coun ..................................................................................................................7
Me hods.................................................................................................................................7
5. Wikida a en ies o AR6 epo s..............................................................................................8
Me hods.................................................................................................................................8
No es......................................................................................................................................8
7. AR6 Figu es coun ...................................................................................................................9
Me hod...................................................................................................................................9
8. AR6 Da a coun ......................................................................................................................10
Wo ld Da a Cen e o Clima e (WDCC)...............................................................................10
9. AR6 Glossa y coun ...............................................................................................................11
Me hod.................................................................................................................................11
10. AR 6 epo ansla ions......................................................................................................12
Me hod.................................................................................................................................12
11. AR6 Ac onyms.....................................................................................................................13
Me hod.................................................................................................................................13
12. AR6 Index e ms..................................................................................................................14
Me hod.................................................................................................................................14
Task summa y
Collec s a s o he 7 main epo s o IPCC Six h Assessmen Repo (AR6):
• he Syn hesis Repo ( e e ed o as SYR)
• he 3 Wo king g oup epo s ( e e ed o as WGI, WGII, WGIII)
• he 3 Special epo s ( e e ed o as SR1.5, SRCCL, SROCC)
•Ou o scope: he e inemen o i s la es Me hodology Repo , "2019 Re inemen o he
2006 IPCC Guidelines o Na ional G eenhouse Gas In en o ies"
1. PDF File Size, Page coun , Wo d coun
Me hods
•File size: om PDF ile
•Page coun : om PDF ile (Page numbe s + on ma e pages wi h oman page numbe s)
•Wo d coun : om PDF ile, copy and pas e in o h ps://wo dcoun e .ne / "Basic Op ion",
e y ough es ima e. Coun ing un eliable because I did no emo e i ele an pa s o he
documen s, some imes my compu e 's clipboa d was o e whelmed wi h he amoun o
da a, I also ounded he igu es up o down. This de ini ely needs a cleane me hod.
Findings
Repo File name / sou ce File size
in MB
App ox.
page coun
App ox.
wo d
coun
AR6 Syn hesis Repo :
Clima e Change 2023 (SYR)
IPCC_AR6_SYR_FullVolume.pd /
h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/s
y /
4.9 186 + 14
pages ~94.000
Clima e Change 2021: The
Physical Science Basis
(WG1)
IPCC_AR6_WGI_FullRepo .pd /
h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/
wg1/
423.3 2409 pages ~1.925.000
Clima e Change 2022:
Impac s, Adap a ion and
Vulne abili y (WG2)
IPCC_AR6_WGII_FullRepo .pd /
h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/
wg2/
396 3068 + 12
pages ~2.513.000
Clima e Change 2022:
Mi iga ion o Clima e
Change (WG3)
IPCC_AR6_WGIII_FullRepo .pd /
h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/
wg3/
68.8 2042 + 11
pages ~1.642.000
Special Repo : Global
Wa ming o 1.5°C (2018)
(SR1.5)
SR15_Full_Repo _HR.pd /
h ps://www.ipcc.ch/s 15/ 65 631 pages ~511.000
Special Repo : Clima e
Change and Land (2019)
(SRCCL)
SRCCL_Full_Repo .pd /
h ps://www.ipcc.ch/s ccl/ 44.9 908 pages ~735.000
Special Repo : The Ocean
and C yosphe e in a
Changing Clima e (2019)
(SROCC)
SROCC_FullRepo _FINAL.pd /
h ps://www.ipcc.ch/s occ/ 51.9 766 pages ~627.000
To al 1054.8
MB 10047 pages ~8.047.000
2. PDF Licencing in o ma ion and DOIs
Me hods
•DOIs: e ie ed hem om on ma e o PDF iles; Resol ed DOIs ia doi.o g
No es
•No speci ic licence was ound o he SYR, only he gene al copy igh s a emen on he main
IPCC websi e
Summa y
•AR6 Syn hesis Repo : Clima e Change 2023 (SYR): Copy igh
h ps://www.ipcc.ch/copy igh /
•3 Wo king g oups epo s (WGI, WGII, WGIII): C ea i e Commons A ibu ion licence CC-BY-
NC-ND 4.0 h ps://c ea i ecommons.o g/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
•3 Special epo s (SR1.5, SRCCL, SROCC): C ea i e Commons A ibu ion licence CC-BY-NC-
ND 4.0 h ps://c ea i ecommons.o g/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
Findings
Repo DOI ull epo DOI esol es o licence on landing
page
SYR 10.59327/IPCC/AR6-
9789291691647 h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/sy /
h ps://
www.ipcc.ch/
copy igh /
WG1 10.1017/9781009157896
h ps://www.camb idge.o g/co e/
books/clima e-change-2021- he-
physical-science-basis/
415F29233B8BD19FB55F65E3DC67272B
C ea i e Commons
A ibu ion licence
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
WG2 10.1017/9781009325844
h ps://www.camb idge.o g/co e/
books/clima e-change-2022-impac s-
adap a ion-and- ulne abili y/
161F238F406D530891AAAE1FC76651BD
C ea i e Commons
A ibu ion licence
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
WG3 10.1017/9781009157926
h ps://www.camb idge.o g/co e/
books/clima e-change-2022-mi iga ion-
o -clima e-change/
2929481A59B59C57C743A79420A2F9FF
C ea i e Commons
A ibu ion licence
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
SR1.5 10.1017/9781009157940
h ps://www.camb idge.o g/co e/
books/global-wa ming-o -15c/
D7455D42B4C820E706A03A169B1893FA
C ea i e Commons
A ibu ion licence
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
SRCCL 10.1017/9781009157988
h ps://www.camb idge.o g/co e/
books/clima e-change-and-land/
AAB03E2F17650B1FDEA514E3F605A685
C ea i e Commons
A ibu ion licence
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
SROCC 10.1017/9781009157964
h ps://www.camb idge.o g/co e/
books/ocean-and-c yosphe e-in-a-
changing-clima e/
A05E6C9F8638FA7CE1748DE2EB7B491B
C ea i e Commons
A ibu ion licence
CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. AR6 Ci a ions / e e ences: Bib ex downloads, e e ence coun
Me hods
•.bib- ile coun : Manual coun ing on websi e, needs e isi ing
•Ci a ions / e e ences: Looked a ound o eliable sou ces
Findings
Repo Download Bib ex iles Bib ex ile
coun Re e ence coun
SYR h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/sy /, no ci a ions /
e e ences in his epo ? 0 0?
WG1 h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/wg1/, "Chap e s" >
"Downloads" > "Ci a ions (bib)" ~13 .bib iles
13.000-18.000,
sou ces o hese
numbe s see below
WG2
h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/wg2/,
"TS"/"Chap e s"/"C oss-Chap e Pape s"/"Annexes"
> "Downloads" > "Ci a ions (bib)"
~29 .bib iles
17.419, sou ces o
hese numbe s see
below
WG3
h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/wg3/,
"Chap e s"/"Annexes" > "Downloads" > "Ci a ions
(bib)"
~19 .bib iles ?
SR1.5 h ps://www.ipcc.ch/s 15/, I don' seem o be able o
ind .bib iles -
5000-6000, sou ces
o hese numbe s
see below
SRCCL h ps://www.ipcc.ch/s ccl/, I don' seem o be able
o ind .bib iles -
7,800, sou ces o
hese numbe s see
below
SROCC h ps://www.ipcc.ch/s occ/, I don' seem o be able
o ind .bib iles -
6,981, sou ces o
hese numbe s see
below
Sou ces o es ima ed e e ence / ci a ion coun pe epo :
WGI
•Wikipedia: h ps://en.wikipedia.o g/wiki/IPCC_Six h_Assessmen _Repo #WG1 epo
•The epo 's au ho s buil on mo e han 14,000 scien i ic pape s (says Wikipedia)
•o e 18,000 ci a ions including o e 13,000 unique e e ences, Analysis:
h ps://zenodo.o g/ eco ds/7615825
•13,500 ci a ions (says h ps://www.ca bonb ie .o g/gues -pos -wha -13500-ci a ions-
e eal-abou - he-ipccs-clima e-science- epo /)
•14,000 e e ences (says h ps:// hecon e sa ion.com/234-scien is s- ead-14-000- esea ch-
pape s- o-w i e- he-ipcc-clima e- epo -he es-wha -you-need- o-know-and-why-i s-a-big-
deal-165587)
•19,266 dis inc e e ence s ings (says h ps://zenodo.o g/ eco ds/5475442)
WGII
•Wikipedia:
h ps://en.wikipedia.o g/wiki/IPCC_Six h_Assessmen _Repo #Wo king_G oup_2_ epo _(i
mpac s,_adap a ion_and_ ulne abili y)
•17,419 DOIs ci ed (says h ps://zenodo.o g/ eco ds/6344388)
WGIII
•Wikipedia:
h ps://en.wikipedia.o g/wiki/IPCC_Six h_Assessmen _Repo #Wo king_G oup_3_ epo _(
mi iga ion_o _clima e_change)
Special Repo : SR1.5
•Wikipedia
h ps://en.wikipedia.o g/wiki/Special_Repo _on_Global_Wa ming_o _1.5_%C2%B0C
•The epo , app o ed in Incheon, Sou h Ko ea, includes o e 6,000 scien i ic e e ences,
and was p epa ed by 91 au ho s om 40 coun ies (says Wikipedia)
•5,099 dis inc e ence s ings (says h ps://zenodo.o g/ eco ds/5475442)
Special Repo : SRCCL
•Wikipedia: h ps://en.wikipedia.o g/wiki/Special_Repo _on_Clima e_Change_and_Land
•7,828 dis inc e ence s ings (says h ps://zenodo.o g/ eco ds/5475442)
Special Repo : SROCC
•Wikipedia:
h ps://en.wikipedia.o g/wiki/Special_Repo _on_ he_Ocean_and_C yosphe e_in_a_Chan
ging_Clima e
• epo includes o e 6981 ci ed e e ences (says
h ps://www.cen escien i ique.mc/en/a icle/ he-special- epo -on- he-ocean-and-
c yosphe e-in-a-changing-clima e-s occ-accep ed)
•The 1,300-page epo by 104 au ho s and edi o s ep esen ing 36 coun ies e e ed o
6,981 publica ions. (says Wikipedia )
•7,161 dis inc e e ence s ings (says h ps://zenodo.o g/ eco ds/5475442)
4. AR6 Au ho s coun
Me hods
•I did no ac ually coun he au ho s - I elied on he numbe ha was gi en on he landing
page
•I did no consolida e duplica es, did no check o au ho s ha ha e wo ked on mo e han
one epo
Repo Au ho s landing page Au ho s
coun * Au ho s ables **
SYR h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /six h-assessmen -
epo -cycle/ "Co e w i ing eam" 30
h ps://apps.ipcc.ch/ epo /
au ho s/ epo .au ho s.php?
q=38&p=
WG1 h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/wg1/abou /
au ho s/ 234
h ps://apps.ipcc.ch/ epo /
au ho s/ epo .au ho s.php?
q=35&p=
WG2 h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/wg2/abou /
au ho s 270
h ps://apps.ipcc.ch/ epo /
au ho s/ epo .au ho s.php?
q=36&p=
WG3 h ps://www.ipcc.ch/ epo /a 6/wg3/abou /
au ho s 278
h ps://a chi e.ipcc.ch/
epo /au ho s/
epo .au ho s.php?q=37&p=
(a chi ed websi e)
SR1.5 h ps://www.ipcc.ch/s 15/au ho s/ 86 see link on he le
SRCCL h ps://www.ipcc.ch/s ccl/au ho s/ 107 see link on he le
SROCC h ps://www.ipcc.ch/s occ/abou /au ho s/ ~101
h ps://a chi e.ipcc.ch/
epo /au ho s/
epo .au ho s.php?q=33&p=
(a chi ed websi e)
To al 1106*
* As men ioned in he ex on he landing page
** Tables wi h au ho s' names, o igin, gende , a ilia ion
5. Wikida a en ies o AR6 epo s
Me hods
•Sea ch in Wikida a o epo name
No es
•The e a e also en ies o pa s o he epo s (e.g. he SPM o he SYR) in Wikida a. I ha e
only lis ed ull epo en ies, hough.
•Collec ion in Zo e o:
h ps://www.zo e o.o g/g oups/2437020/seman icclima e/collec ions/773CNPDW
