Trump administration job cuts have led to peer-reviewed publications falling dramatically at EPA
By 
Rebecca Trager2026-05-13T13:30:00
Scientific publications coming out of the US environmental agency fell 19% in the first year after Trump’s re-election and has kept sliding
Far fewer peer-reviewed studies are being published by scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following major staff cuts since President Trump began his second term. This is according to new analysis from the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer).
The organisation has released figures showing that the EPA produced 275 peer-reviewed studies in 2025, which represents a drop of 19% from 2024. The agency’s scientists have produced 61 peer-reviewed publications so far this year, which Peer estimates would put the EPA on track to produce 163 peer-reviewed publications by the end of 2026. That would mean the number of such studies the agency generates this year would plummet by more than 40% from last year and almost 52% from 2024.