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{{WP:RSPIntro|Scientific American}}
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== Summary ==
''Scientific American'' is considered generally reliable for [[popular science]] content. Use [[WP:MEDPOP]] to determine whether the publication's medical coverage should be used.
== Excerpt ==
{{hatnote|Excerpt from the lead of [[Scientific American]]:}}
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
==== RSN ====
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 51#Scientific American (editorial) quote in RealClimate]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 301#Scientific American]]
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
''No Rfcs for this source.''
==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
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|- class="s-gr" id="Scientific American"
| ''[[Scientific American]]'' (''SA'', ''SciAm'')
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gr}}
| [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 51#Scientific American (editorial) quote in RealClimate|1]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 301#Scientific American|2]]
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2020}}
| ''Scientific American'' is considered generally reliable for [[popular science]] content. Use [[WP:MEDPOP]] to determine whether the publication's medical coverage should be used.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|scientificamerican.com}}
|}