I would have liked this article much more if the title had been “The 25 researchers who have published the largest number of academic articles on existential risk”, or something like that.
The current title (“The top 25 existential risk researchers based on publication count”) seems to insinuate that this criterion is reasonable in the context of figuring out who are the “Top 25 existential risk researchers” full stop, which it’s not, for reasons pointed out in other comments.
I would have liked this article much more if the title had been “The 25 researchers who have published the largest number of academic articles on existential risk”, or something like that.
The current title (“The top 25 existential risk researchers based on publication count”) seems to insinuate that this criterion is reasonable in the context of figuring out who are the “Top 25 existential risk researchers” full stop, which it’s not, for reasons pointed out in other comments.
Good point. Changed the title accordingly.