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Article: Who is publishing in ecology and evolution? the underrepresentation of women and the Global South

TitleWho is publishing in ecology and evolution? the underrepresentation of women and the Global South
Authors
Keywordsaccess and benefit sharing
conservation
diversity and inclusion
minorities
representation
Issue Date1-Jan-2023
PublisherFrontiers Media
Citation
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023, v. 11 How to Cite?
Abstract

Introduction: Most global biodiversity is in developing economies. Decades of capacity building should have built sufficient in-country capacity to develop biodiversity baselines; yet has effort provided the expertise to build these baselines?

Methods: Grants and access to research opportunities are often linked to success in publishing, with the H-index providing the main metric of academic success. Recent compilations of “Top Researchers in Ecology and Evolution” included 5,419 researchers, but where these researchers are and how representative they are has not been well studied. We explored the global distribution of “Top Researchers in Ecology and Evolution” and explored the representation of Women, non-Caucasians, and non-Caucasian women, as well as the representation of “local” top researchers in different regions.

Results: Over half Top Researchers in Ecology and Evolution are from just three countries (United States, United Kingdom, and Australia), and 83% come from 12 higher-income countries. Even in lower-income economies the majority of the few “high impact” researchers are originally from higher-income economies. Only China had a high proportion of their high-impact non-Caucasian researchers, with the majority of researchers coming from that region. Women were also underrepresented across the globe, only three countries had more than 20% of top-performing ecologists being female.

Discussion: Ultimately, despite decades of capacity building, we are still failing to build in-country capacity for research or to provide sufficient support for female ecologists to publish and lead the field. Here we discuss why these issues persist, and how we might improve representation and access to opportunity and support for all groups, and provide the analysis needed to provide solutions to global challenges in biodiversity conservation, which require diverse representation to develop effective, and nuanced solutions.


Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/332213
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.715
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dc.contributor.authorHughes, A-
dc.contributor.authorThan, K-
dc.contributor.authorTanalgo, K-
dc.contributor.authorAgung, A-
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, T-
dc.contributor.authorKane, Y-
dc.contributor.authorBhadra, S-
dc.contributor.authorChornelia, A-
dc.contributor.authorSritongchuay, T-
dc.contributor.authorSimla, P-
dc.contributor.authorChen, Y-
dc.contributor.authorChen, X-
dc.contributor.authorUddin, N-
dc.contributor.authorKhatri, P-
dc.contributor.authorKarlsson, C-
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-04T07:20:57Z-
dc.date.available2023-10-04T07:20:57Z-
dc.date.issued2023-01-01-
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023, v. 11-
dc.identifier.issn2296-665X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/332213-
dc.description.abstract<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Most global biodiversity is in developing economies. Decades of capacity building should have built sufficient in-country capacity to develop biodiversity baselines; yet has effort provided the expertise to build these baselines?</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> Grants and access to research opportunities are often linked to success in publishing, with the H-index providing the main metric of academic success. Recent compilations of “Top Researchers in Ecology and Evolution” included 5,419 researchers, but where these researchers are and how representative they are has not been well studied. We explored the global distribution of “Top Researchers in Ecology and Evolution” and explored the representation of Women, non-Caucasians, and non-Caucasian women, as well as the representation of “local” top researchers in different regions.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Over half Top Researchers in Ecology and Evolution are from just three countries (United States, United Kingdom, and Australia), and 83% come from 12 higher-income countries. Even in lower-income economies the majority of the few “high impact” researchers are originally from higher-income economies. Only China had a high proportion of their high-impact non-Caucasian researchers, with the majority of researchers coming from that region. Women were also underrepresented across the globe, only three countries had more than 20% of top-performing ecologists being female.</p><p><strong>Discussion:</strong> Ultimately, despite decades of capacity building, we are still failing to build in-country capacity for research or to provide sufficient support for female ecologists to publish and lead the field. Here we discuss why these issues persist, and how we might improve representation and access to opportunity and support for all groups, and provide the analysis needed to provide solutions to global challenges in biodiversity conservation, which require diverse representation to develop effective, and nuanced solutions.</p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherFrontiers Media-
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Environmental Science-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectaccess and benefit sharing-
dc.subjectconservation-
dc.subjectdiversity and inclusion-
dc.subjectminorities-
dc.subjectrepresentation-
dc.titleWho is publishing in ecology and evolution? the underrepresentation of women and the Global South-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fenvs.2023.1211211-
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dc.identifier.volume11-
dc.identifier.eissn2296-665X-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:001017136300001-
dc.identifier.issnl2296-665X-

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