> how well they've cited their sources, how much other trustworthy people trust them, etc That sounds to me like a "regard to how they reached those conclusion

> how well they've cited their sources, how much other trustworthy people trust them, etc That sounds to me like a "regard to how they reached those conclusions" (maybe a regard to how they reached a subset of their conclusions, and extrapolating to the rest). It's not the most regard you could possibly have, but it's lots.