Original sentence: " (John Maddox, a former editor of the journal Nature, quoted by David Adam in The Guardian, 28 January 2005).IPCC reports have been highly influential in forming national and international responses to climate change
Edited sentence: " (John Maddox, a former highly-respected editor of the journal Nature, quoted by David Adam in The Guardian, 28 January 2005).The fact that the IPCC reports are widely cited   as supporting material is ample evidence of the respect they have earned within the climate science community.The reports have been highly influential in forming national and international responses to climate change; they are the baseline for the debate