SLIDE 14 Publ i cati
equal i ty i n conservati
and pl ant geneti cs: The i m pact
neocol
al i sm i n m odern sci ence
enti f i c progress i s ham pered by the restri cted f l
know l edge, potenti al l y due to publ i cati
bi as agai nst econom i cal l y devel
ng nati
unequal geographi c di stri buti
research producti vi ty has been docum ented i n a num ber
sci enti f i c f i el ds, i ncl udi ng m edi ci ne, envi ronm ental sci ence, and physi cs
c bi as i s com pounded i n conservati
w here countri es w i th hi gh bi
versi ty tend to have f ew er research resources
s there a publ i cati
bi as agai nst research f rom bi
verse but resource- poor nati
propose to undertake a bi g- data approach to anal yze the publ i shed l i terature i n pl ant geneti cs
the past 50 years.
Scopus
O ur study seeks to:
nvesti gate w hether there i s a publ i cati
bi as agai nst countri es w i th l
econom i c resources and hi gh bi
versi ty
denti f y potenti al dem ographi c f actors that m ay hel p to expl ai n such di screpanci es
be broader aspects
i nternati
col l aborati
the com m on geneti c techni ques used i n rel ati
to a country' s econom i c status
ze how these di f f erent f acets
sci enti f i c research change
ti m e
Scopus D ataset Extracted D ata Anal ysi s
A PI keyw ords: pl ant* , geneti c* Publ i cati
Ti tl e A bstract Year A uthor( s) A uthor( s) A f f i l i ati
Fundi ng Source K eyw ords Extracti
D i cti
es Speci es C ountry
O ri gi n ( G BI F) G eneti c Techni ques Speci es Speci es C ountry
O ri gi n G eneti c Techni que used Year A uthor A f f i l i ati
Fundi ng U si ng Python scri pt to extract a JSO N f i l e f rom the A PI and export rel evant m etadata to a Bi btex- f
f i l e A pproxi m atel y 250, 000 publ i cati
G BI F: G l
Bi
versi ty I nf
Faci l i ty I terati
through 175 m i l l i
pl ant
to com pi l e a di cti
uni que speci es appended w i th countri es
D i cti
geneti c techni ques com pi l ed to i ncl ude com m on geneti c m ethods i n the l i terature D em ographi c data pul l ed f rom U N & l i terature: G D P % G D P spendi ng
R& D Popul ati
si ze Bi
versi ty Peace/ stabi l i ty coef f i ci ent I U C N red- l i sted speci es A ssoci ati
betw een num ber
publ i cati
and dem ographi c data: Q uanti f y the research producti vi ty as a f uncti
econom i c devel
A ssoci ati
betw een speci es country-of-ori gi n and author country-of-ori gi n: V i sual i ze the di sconnect betw een authorshi p and speci es range A ssoci ati
betw een num ber
publ i cati
and bi
versi ty m easures: Q uanti f y the research producti vi ty as a f uncti
bi
versi ty Tem poral anal yses
al l m easures: M odel patterns
change i n research producti vi ty gl
l y
ti m e C haracteri ze patterns
i nternati
col l aborati
Theresa C ul l eya, Jam es Leeb,
c,
Benj am i n M erri tt
a,
Robert Tuni sona, José Barrei ro- Sancheza, M egan Phi l pott
a,
M ari a Torresa, M arw a A m m ar
a,
Robert El am a, A m y K oshof f erd, A rl ene Johnsonc, Eri c Tepea
aD epartm entof
Bi
cal Sci ences, U C ;
bD epartm entof
Engl i sh and C om parati ve Li terature, U C ;
cD i
gi talH um ani ti es/D i gi tal Schol arshi p C enter , U C ;
dU C Li
brari es, Sci ence & Engi neeri ng Li brari es G raphi cal representati
resul ts usi ng G I S
G raphi cal representati
authorshi p rel ati
p am ong countri es.