Challenges facing societies around the globe as they plan for and adapt to climate change are so large that usable, research-driven recommendations to inform management actions are urgently needed. We sought to understand factors that influence the variation of academic contribution and use of collaborative research on climate change. We surveyed researchers (n = 31), program-leaders (n = 5), and stakeholders (n = 81) from projects supported by a federally funded network across the United States. Our results suggest that peer-reviewed publications do not lead to use, but frequency of meetings with stakeholders significantly increased use. Overall, the factors needed for projects to have high degrees of academic contributions are distinct from those needed to be useful to stakeholders. Furthermore, leadership perceptions of use of projects were significantly different from users. Our quantitative results can inform future requests for proposals and better enable researchers using collaborative approaches to conduct science that is more often used by stakeholders.

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利益相关者使用的不同途径与气候适应研究中的学术贡献

全球社会在计划和适应气候变化时面临的挑战如此之大，以至于迫切需要有用的、以研究为导向的建议来为管理行动提供信息。我们试图了解影响学术贡献变化和气候变化合作研究使用的因素。我们调查了研究人员 ( n  = 31)、项目负责人 ( n  = 5) 和利益相关者 ( n = 81) 来自美国联邦政府资助的网络支持的项目。我们的结果表明，经过同行评审的出版物不会导致使用，但与利益相关者会面的频率显着增加了使用。总体而言，项目具有高度学术贡献所需的因素与对利益相关者有用的因素不同。此外，领导层对项目使用的看法与用户显着不同。我们的定量结果可以为未来的提案请求提供信息，并更好地使研究人员能够使用协作方法进行利益相关者更常使用的科学。