The phrase "skeptical community" refers to a group of people who think critically and question claims and beliefs using evidence and reason. They tend to doubt or question information until it is proven to be true. Full definition
I believe the context in which I've seen it before is in the skeptical community. (redeeminggod.com)
Five years later, with unemployment down and a positive vibe building across a skeptical community, the plan that Cuomo unveiled Monday for a second phase of the Buffalo Billion had a decidedly different feel. (buffalonews.com)
The credibility of the skeptical community is not helped when Tom makes similar over-simplifications and then buries the important qualifications in Caveat 1: «The concentrations of CO2 (and H2O) play a role in [the] dynamics [of the Earth - atmosphere system] but it is not the purpose of this post to examine these much more complex and not well understood aspects.» (wattsupwiththat.com)