Trends in Antarctic ecological research in Latin America shown by publications in international journals

Antarctica is a highly interesting region for ecologists because of its extreme climatic conditions and the uniqueness of its species. In this article, we describe the trends in Antarctic ecological research participation by Latin American countries. In a survey of articles indexed by the ISI Web of...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Stotz, Gisela C., Salgado-Luarte, Cristian, Rios, Rodrigo S., Acuña-Rodriguez, Ian S., Carrasco-Urra, Fernando, Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., Gianoli, Ernesto
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013
Subjects:
Antarctica
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
research trends
scientific productivity
Antarctic
Isi
Antarc*
Polar Research
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3096
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19993
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Summary:Antarctica is a highly interesting region for ecologists because of its extreme climatic conditions and the uniqueness of its species. In this article, we describe the trends in Antarctic ecological research participation by Latin American countries. In a survey of articles indexed by the ISI Web of Science, we searched under the categories ‘‘Ecology,’’ ‘‘Biodiversity Conservation’’ and ‘‘Evolutionary Biology’’ and found a total of 254 research articles published by Latin American countries. We classified these articles according to the country of affiliation, kingdom of the study species, level of biological organization and environment. Our main finding is that there is a steady increase in the relative contribution of Latin American countries to Antarctic ecological research. Within each category, we found that marine studies are more common than terrestrial studies. Between the different kingdoms, most studies focus on animals and most studies use a community approach. The leading countries in terms of productivity were Argentina, Chile and Brazil, with Argentina showing the highest rate of increase.Keywords: Antarctica; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; research trends; scientific productivity(Published: 17 September 2013)Citation: Polar Research 2013, 32, 19993, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.19993

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