Increasing geographic diversity in the international conservation literature: A stalled process?
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| 作者 | Jin Chen
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| 刊名 | BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
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| 出版日期 | 2016 |
| 卷号 | 198期号:x页码:78-83 |
| 关键词 | Conservation education Conservation funding Institutional capacity Peer review process Publication trends Sustainable development |
| 中文摘要 | Tropical countries are important to conservation because of the threats to the high levels of biodiversity there, but research on conservation science in these mostly developing countries has traditionally been written by foreigners. This disconnect could have serious implications for the practice of conservation, as local scientists can be more effective than foreigners in interacting with practitioners or pushing forward conservation action themselves. These scientists' careers are strengthened by participation in the international literature, and their knowledge about conservation's success in their country provides necessary feedback to the theoretical literature. We assess the past and current status of geographic diversity in the international conservation literature, over 30 years and in comparison to other fields, as well as present acceptance rate data from prominent journals, broken down by the country of corresponding authorship. While the proportion of articles in all fields contributed by low and medium income countries increases over time, the percentage of conservation articles contributed by corresponding authors from low income countries is actually declining. Manuscripts by authors from low income countries were less than half as likely to be published as those from high income countries. We present a list of specific policies that journals can implement to reverse these trends, such as having regional editors, providing editing assistance, waiving fees, and seeking locally focused studies from which globally relevant strategies and lessons can be drawn. We also stress that long-term the problem can best be addressed by funding educational institutions that develop young researchers in the tropics. |
| 公开日期 | 2016-07-25 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/9988]  |
| 专题 | 西双版纳热带植物园_2012年后新成立研究组 |
| 通讯作者 | Jin Chen |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jin Chen. Increasing geographic diversity in the international conservation literature: A stalled process?[J]. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,2016,198(x):78-83. |
| APA | Jin Chen.(2016).Increasing geographic diversity in the international conservation literature: A stalled process?.BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,198(x),78-83. |
| MLA | Jin Chen."Increasing geographic diversity in the international conservation literature: A stalled process?".BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 198.x(2016):78-83. |
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来源：西双版纳热带植物园
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