Scientometric analysis in population ecology: importance and trends over the last 60 years
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Resumo: | The aim of this paper was to carry out a scientometric analysis in population ecology. We seek to understand the importance and trends of that population ecology field throughout years, connecting them with the principal geopolitical regions around the world. To that end, a bibliographic survey at Thomson ISI web site was carried out, at the period between 1942 and 2005, using the key-word “population ecology”. Data showed an exponential growth in the number of publications on population ecology, most of them developed in USA and Europe and publicized in ecological journals of wide international distribution and high Citation Index. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) showed distinct temporal trends in population ecology researche, leading to more recent decades (1990 and 2000, until 2005) a great variety of organisms studied and related with other ecology fields (conservation biology and community ecology) and natural sciences (biogeography, genetics, evolution, epidemiology and demography). These results contrast with the scientific stagnation widely criticized in ecology and indicate the progress of the population ecology as science, persuing new horizons as well as new paradigms, laws, theories and principles that might be useful to the society. |
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Scientometric analysis in population ecology: importance and trends over the last 60 yearsAnálise cienciométrica em ecologia de populações: importância e tendências dos últimos 60 anos - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v29i1.125cienciometriaciênciaprodução científicaecologia de populaçõesThe aim of this paper was to carry out a scientometric analysis in population ecology. We seek to understand the importance and trends of that population ecology field throughout years, connecting them with the principal geopolitical regions around the world. To that end, a bibliographic survey at Thomson ISI web site was carried out, at the period between 1942 and 2005, using the key-word “population ecology”. Data showed an exponential growth in the number of publications on population ecology, most of them developed in USA and Europe and publicized in ecological journals of wide international distribution and high Citation Index. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) showed distinct temporal trends in population ecology researche, leading to more recent decades (1990 and 2000, until 2005) a great variety of organisms studied and related with other ecology fields (conservation biology and community ecology) and natural sciences (biogeography, genetics, evolution, epidemiology and demography). These results contrast with the scientific stagnation widely criticized in ecology and indicate the progress of the population ecology as science, persuing new horizons as well as new paradigms, laws, theories and principles that might be useful to the society.O objetivo deste trabalho foi o de entender a importância e avaliar as tendências da ecologia de populações ao longo do tempo, relacionando-as com as principais regiões geopolíticas mundiais através de uma análise cienciométrica. Para isso foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico no sítio do “Thomson ISI”, disponível entre 1942 a 2005, utilizando a palavra-chave “population ecology”. Constatou-se crescimento exponencial nítido do número de publicações em ecologia de populações, muitos dos quais desenvolvidos nos EUA e Europa, publicados em periódicos de circulação internacional e apresentando elevado índice de citação. Em uma análise de componentes principais (PCA) evidenciaram-se diferentes tendências temporais nas pesquisas em ecologia de populações, indicando, para as décadas mais recentes (1990 e 2000, até 2005), uma diversidade maior de organismos estudados e relacionados a outros campos da ecologia (biologia da conservação e ecologia de comunidades) e das ciências naturais (biogeografia, genética, evolução, epidemiologia e demografia). Esses resultados contradizem a estagnação científica da ecologia, ponto muito criticado, e indicam progresso da ecologia de populações como ciência, buscando novos horizontes de atuação e conseqüentemente novos paradigmas, leis, teorias e princípios que possam ser úteis à sociedade em geral.Universidade Estadual De Maringá2007-11-16info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/12510.4025/actascibiolsci.v29i1.125Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; Vol 29 No 1 (2007); 39-47Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 29 n. 1 (2007); 39-471807-863X1679-9283reponame:Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciencesinstname:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)instacron:UEMporhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/125/249Ribeiro, Matheus de Souza LimaNabout, João CarlosPinto, Míriam PlazaMoura, Iona'i Ossami deMelo, Tatiana Lima deCosta, Shirley SilvaRangel, Thiago F. L. Valle de Brittoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-11-23T17:32:52Zoai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/125Revistahttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSciPUBhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/oai||actabiol@uem.br1807-863X1679-9283opendoar:2022-11-23T17:32:52Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences - Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)false |
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Scientometric analysis in population ecology: importance and trends over the last 60 years Análise cienciométrica em ecologia de populações: importância e tendências dos últimos 60 anos - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v29i1.125 |
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Scientometric analysis in population ecology: importance and trends over the last 60 years |
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Scientometric analysis in population ecology: importance and trends over the last 60 years Ribeiro, Matheus de Souza Lima cienciometria ciência produção científica ecologia de populações |
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Scientometric analysis in population ecology: importance and trends over the last 60 years |
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Scientometric analysis in population ecology: importance and trends over the last 60 years |
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Scientometric analysis in population ecology: importance and trends over the last 60 years |
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Scientometric analysis in population ecology: importance and trends over the last 60 years |
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Scientometric analysis in population ecology: importance and trends over the last 60 years |
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Ribeiro, Matheus de Souza Lima |
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Ribeiro, Matheus de Souza Lima Nabout, João Carlos Pinto, Míriam Plaza Moura, Iona'i Ossami de Melo, Tatiana Lima de Costa, Shirley Silva Rangel, Thiago F. L. Valle de Britto |
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author |
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Nabout, João Carlos Pinto, Míriam Plaza Moura, Iona'i Ossami de Melo, Tatiana Lima de Costa, Shirley Silva Rangel, Thiago F. L. Valle de Britto |
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Ribeiro, Matheus de Souza Lima Nabout, João Carlos Pinto, Míriam Plaza Moura, Iona'i Ossami de Melo, Tatiana Lima de Costa, Shirley Silva Rangel, Thiago F. L. Valle de Britto |
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cienciometria ciência produção científica ecologia de populações |
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cienciometria ciência produção científica ecologia de populações |
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The aim of this paper was to carry out a scientometric analysis in population ecology. We seek to understand the importance and trends of that population ecology field throughout years, connecting them with the principal geopolitical regions around the world. To that end, a bibliographic survey at Thomson ISI web site was carried out, at the period between 1942 and 2005, using the key-word “population ecology”. Data showed an exponential growth in the number of publications on population ecology, most of them developed in USA and Europe and publicized in ecological journals of wide international distribution and high Citation Index. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) showed distinct temporal trends in population ecology researche, leading to more recent decades (1990 and 2000, until 2005) a great variety of organisms studied and related with other ecology fields (conservation biology and community ecology) and natural sciences (biogeography, genetics, evolution, epidemiology and demography). These results contrast with the scientific stagnation widely criticized in ecology and indicate the progress of the population ecology as science, persuing new horizons as well as new paradigms, laws, theories and principles that might be useful to the society. |
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