Low contribution of Caribbean-based researchers to academic publications on biodiversity conservation in the insular Caribbean
| Autor: | Etienne Bezault, Reia Guppy, Amy E. Deacon, Frank Cézilly, Darren Browne, Henri Vallès, Aimara Pujadas Clavel, Sophie Labaude |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Caribaea Initiative, Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), The University of the West Indies (UWI), Department of Life Sciences, Marine Sciences, The University of Trinidad and Tobago-Centre for Maritime and Ocean Studies, Universite d'État d'Haïti (UEH), Biogéosciences [UMR 6282] [Dijon] (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Status quo media_common.quotation_subject West Indies Biodiversity Conservation Management Monitoring Policy and Law Geopolitics 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Proxy (climate) Antilles Regional science Research capacity Nature and Landscape Conservation media_common Sovereign state Caribbean Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Global South 15. Life on land Authorship Call to action Geography Threatened species [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology Global biodiversity |
| Zdroj: | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2021, 19 (4), pp.443-453. ⟨10.1016/j.pecon.2021.07.006⟩ |
| ISSN: | 2530-0644 |
| Popis: | 11 pages; International audience; The insular Caribbean is among the most threatened global biodiversity hotspots, warranting urgent and effective action in conservation. However, the capacity of Caribbean-based researchers to address challenges in biodiversity conservation appears limited. To assess the latter, we used the contribution of Caribbean-based authors to the production of peer-reviewed journal papers on biodiversity conservation in the insular Caribbean as a proxy for research capacity. Moreover, because the insular Caribbean is a complex geopolitical system including sovereign states and overseas territories, we examined the contributions of these two groups to the number of papers published. We used the Web of Science Core collection to search for papers by combining the terms “Biodiversity” and/or “Conservation” with either “Carib*” or “Antill*” between 2000 and 2015. This procedure yielded 489 peer-reviewed papers in 145 scientific journals. Over the study period, only 36.6% of all papers included Caribbean-based authors, and Caribbean-based authors accounted for only 17.4% of yearly authorships per paper, with no increases over time. The proportion of papers with only Caribbean-based authors was small (8.0%), although the impact factors of the journals where these papers were published increased over time. Overall, Caribbean-based authors from overseas territories produced more papers than those from sovereign states, but this was mainly due to the large contribution of Puerto Rico. Despite facing similar biodiversity challenges, there was little research collaboration between overseas territories and sovereign states. Our results are a call to action to change the status quo in biodiversity research in one of the most biodiversity-rich regions of the world. |
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