The Quandry of Judging Author Authrority

Ever found a really interesting article or book on a subject, but not sure how much you should trust the author as an authority?  This is a common problem researchers have over and over and over.

There are several quantatative methods to figure out how much credibility or authority rank to give that author. Take a peek at the methods over at Deep Web

http://deep-web.org/how-to-assign-authors-authority-rank/