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Quien es Quien en Conservation Biology —un Análisis de Autorías
Author(s) -
HARRISON AUTUMNLYNN
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.2
H-Index - 222
eISSN - 1523-1739
pISSN - 0888-8892
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00448.x
Subject(s) - conservation biology , multidisciplinary approach , library science , agency (philosophy) , conservation science , political science , government (linguistics) , funding agency , geography , ecology , regional science , public relations , social science , sociology , biology , biodiversity , computer science , linguistics , philosophy
As the flagship journal of the field, Conservation Biology represents a multidisciplinary, global constituency of conservation professionals—a constituency composed of more than 5200 authors representing 1500 organizations and 89 countries. Using bibliometric records of research published in Conservation Biology , I evaluated trends in authorship of research papers from 1987 to 2005. Authorship diversified and became increasingly collaborative over time. North Americans now compose one‐half of primary authorship, down from 75% in the 1990s, and European primary authors contribute a quarter of the journal's contributed research. Forty‐five countries were represented in volume 19 of the journal. The top three most‐cited authors are Australian. The percentage of single‐authored papers declined from 57% in 1987 to 18% in 2005. Collectively, academic institutions contribute the most research to Conservation Biology , although a government agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, was the single most‐productive organization. The maturing of conservation biology as a discipline, the complex geographic and multidisciplinary nature of conservation questions, and the increased ease of communication in a technologically connected world contribute to the increasingly diverse and collaborative Conservation Biology authorship.