Perspectives on the Global Disparity in Ecological Science

The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital

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Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar: strengths and weaknesses

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Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions

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Relative Importance for Linear Regression in <i>R</i> : The Package <b>relaimpo</b>

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Global and regional drivers of accelerating CO 2 emissions

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The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century

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Agricultural expansion and its impacts on tropical nature

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The scientific impact of nations

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Can Foreign Aid Buy Growth?

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Sustainability science: The emerging research program

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Academic Dependency and the Global Division of Labour in the Social Sciences

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Globalisation and the university: Myths and realities in an unequal world

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Targeting global conservation funding to limit immediate biodiversity declines

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Towards a Synthesized Critique of Neoliberal Biodiversity Conservation

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The Scientific Wealth of Nations

May, R. M. (1997) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.275.5301.793 · Cited by 608 · see citing works

Globalisation and the University: Myths and Realities in an Unequal World

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Indigenous health in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Ecoinformatics: supporting ecology as a data-intensive science

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The rise of research networks

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Intervention Ecology: Applying Ecological Science in the Twenty-first Century

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Dependency: A formal theory of underdevelopment or a methodology for the analysis of concrete situations of underdevelopment?

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Human Development Index

Kurian, G. T. (2011) · The Encyclopedia of Political Science · doi:10.4135/9781608712434.n727 · Cited by 383 · see citing works

Is there science beyond English?

Meneghini, R., & Packer, A. L. (2007) · EMBO Reports · doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7400906 · Cited by 361 · see citing works

Microcosm experiments can inform global ecological problems

Benton, T. G., Solan, M., Travis, J. M. J., & Sait, S. M. (2007) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.08.003 · Cited by 356 · see citing works

Buen vivir: Germinando alternativas al desarrollo

Gudynas, E. (2011) · Cited by 346 · see citing works

Practicing Interdisciplinarity

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Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries

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Chinese researchers returning home: Impacts of international mobility on research collaboration and scientific productivity

Jonkers, K., & Tijssen, R. (2008) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-007-1971-x · Cited by 328 · see citing works

Women Underrepresented on Editorial Boards of 60 Major Medical Journals

Amrein, K., Langmann, A., Fahrleitner‐Pammer, A., Pieber, T. R., & Zollner‐Schwetz, I. (2011) · Gender Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.genm.2011.10.007 · Cited by 322 · see citing works

The Modern World-System I

Wallerstein, I. M. (2011) · University of California Press eBooks · doi:10.1525/9780520948570 · Cited by 303 · see citing works

Open Access and Global Participation in Science

Evans, J. A., & Reimer, J. (2009) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1154562 · Cited by 263 · see citing works

Science on the Rise in Developing Countries

Holmgren, M., & Schnitzer, S. A. (2004) · PLoS Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020001 · Cited by 189 · see citing works

The Scientific Impact of Nations: Journal Placement and Citation Performance

Smith, M. J., Weinberger, C. J., Bruna, E. M., & Stefano Allesina, A. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109195 · Cited by 141 · see citing works

Articles by Latin American Authors in Prestigious Journals Have Fewer Citations

Meneghini, R., Packer, A. L., & Nassi-Calò, L. (2008) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003804 · Cited by 131 · see citing works

POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS IN ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY PLANS: PAST USE AND FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS

Morris, W. F., Bloch, P. L., Hudgens, B. R., Moyle, L. C., & Stinchcombe, J. R. (2002) · Ecological Applications · doi:10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0708:pvaies]2.0.co;2 · Cited by 131 · see citing works

The Geographical and Institutional Distribution of Ecological Research in the Tropics

Stocks, G., Seales, L., Paniagua, F., Maehr, E., & Bruna, E. M. (2008) · Biotropica · doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00393.x · Cited by 122 · see citing works

Academia's obsession with quantity

Fischer, J., Ritchie, E. G., & Hanspach, J. (2012) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2012.05.010 · Cited by 121 · see citing works

Biodiversity monitoring in developing countries: what are we trying to achieve?

Danielsen, F., Mendoza, M. M., Alviola, P., Balete, D. S., Enghoff, M., Poulsen, M. K., & Jensen, A. E. (2003) · Oryx · doi:10.1017/s0030605303000735 · Cited by 118 · see citing works

Biodiversity conservation and livelihoods in human-dominated landscapes: Forest commons in South Asia

Persha, L., Fischer, H. W., Chhatre, A., Agrawal, A., & Benson, C. (2010) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.003 · Cited by 109 · see citing works

International Human Resource Management

Özbilgin, M. F. (2004) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9781107445642 · Cited by 105 · see citing works

Predicting publication success for biologists

Laurance, W. F., Useche, D. C., Laurance, S. G., & Bradshaw, C. J. A. (2013) · BioScience · doi:10.1525/bio.2013.63.10.9 · Cited by 100 · see citing works

Characterizing a scientific elite: the social characteristics of the most highly cited scientists in environmental science and ecology

Parker, J. N., Lortie, C. J., & Allesina, S. (2010) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-010-0234-4 · Cited by 81 · see citing works

The Scientific Investments of Nations

May, R. M. (1998) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.281.5373.49 · Cited by 74 · see citing works

Human Development Index

Žižek, S. Š., Mulej, M., & Hrast, N. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38948-2_85-1 · Cited by 71 · see citing works

Using ISI's 'Highly Cited Researchers' to obtain a country level indicator of citation excellence

Basu, A. (2006) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-006-0117-x · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World System, Bd. 1: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century, New York 1974; Bd. 2: Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European World-Economy, 1600–1750, New York 1980; Bd. 3: The Second Era of Great Expansion of the Capitalist World Economy, San Diego 1988

Fröhlich, S. (2008) · VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-531-90400-9_126 · Cited by 68 · see citing works

Applying Ecology in the Third World: The Case of Mexico

Castillo, A., & Toledo, V. M. (2000) · BioScience · doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0066:aeittw]2.3.co;2 · Cited by 58 · see citing works

Disentangling Public Participation In Science and Biomedicine

Kelty, C., & Panofsky, A. L. (2014) · Genome Medicine · doi:10.1186/gm525 · Cited by 53 · see citing works

Global excellence at the expense of local diffusion, or a bridge between two worlds? research in science and technology in the developing world

Barnard, H., Cowan, R., & Müller, M. (2012) · Research Policy · doi:10.1016/j.respol.2011.12.002 · Cited by 47 · see citing works

Science Incubators: Synthesis Centers and Their Role in the Research Ecosystem

Rodrigo, A. G., Alberts, S. C., Cranston, K., Kingsolver, J. G., Lapp, H., McClain, C. R., Smith, R., Vision, T., Weintraub, J., & Wiegmann, B. M. (2013) · PLoS Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001468 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Diminishing returns to GDP and the Human Development Index

Cahill, M. B. (2002) · Applied Economics Letters · doi:10.1080/13504850210158999 · Cited by 33 · see citing works

The evolution of ecology in Mexico: facing challenges and preparing for the future

Martínez, M. I., Manson, R. H., Balvanera, P., Dirzo, R., Soberón, J. M., García-Barrios, L., Martı́nez-Ramos, M., Moreno‐Casasola, P., Rosenzweig, L., & Sarukhán, J. (2006) · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment · doi:10.1890/1540-9295(2006)004[0259:teoeim]2.0.co;2 · Cited by 29 · see citing works

China goes back to basics on research funding

Qiu, J. (2014) · Nature · doi:10.1038/507148a · Cited by 27 · see citing works

The increasing divide between First and Third Worlds: science, collaboration and conservation of Third World aquatic ecosystems

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Internet practice and professional networks in Chilean science: Dependency or progress?

Duque, R. B., Shrum, W., Barriga, O. A., & Henríquez, G. (2009) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-009-2125-0 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

Honour the helpful

Oettl, A. (2012) · Nature · doi:10.1038/489496a · Cited by 17 · see citing works

La evaluación científica y las revistas nacionales

Laborde, J. (2009) · ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N S ) · doi:10.21829/azm.2009.253673 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Ecological Experiments with Model Systems The Ecotron Facility in Context

Lawton, J. H. (1998) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780195102413.003.0009 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Academic Work at the Periphery: Why Argentine Scholars Are Satisfied, Despite All

Marquina, M., & Rebello, G. (2012) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5434-8_2 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Ambition and Ambivalence: Encouraging a "Sci-Tech Culture" in Argentina through Engagement and Regulatory Reform

Harmon, S. (2011) · Studies in Ethics Law and Technology · doi:10.2202/1941-6008.1134 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Challenges and barriers in virtual teams: a literature review

Morrison-Smith, S., & Ruiz, J. (2020) · SN Applied Sciences · doi:10.1007/s42452-020-2801-5 · Cited by 633 · see citing works

Plant conservation in the Anthropocene – Challenges and future prospects

Heywood, V. H. (2017) · Acta Botanica Yunnanica · doi:10.1016/j.pld.2017.10.004 · Cited by 130 · see citing works

A persistent lack of international representation on editorial boards in environmental biology

Espín, J., Palmas, S., Carrasco‐Rueda, F., Riemer, K., Allen, P. E., Berkebile, N., Hecht, K., Kastner-Wilcox, K. R., Núñez‐Regueiro, M. M., Prince, C. M., et al. (2017) · PLoS Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2002760 · Cited by 96 · see citing works

The roles of geographic distance and socioeconomic factors on international collaboration among ecologists

Parreira, M. R., Machado, K. B., Logares, R., Diniz‐Filho, J. A. F., & Nabout, J. C. (2017) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-017-2502-z · Cited by 47 · see citing works

Quantifying the contribution of zoos and aquariums to peer-reviewed scientific research

Loh, T., Larson, E. R., David, S. R., de Souza, L. S., Gericke, R., Gryzbek, M., Kough, A. S., Willink, P. W., & Knapp, C. (2018) · FACETS · doi:10.1139/facets-2017-0083 · Cited by 45 · see citing works

Social Network Analysis of Scientific Articles Published by Food Policy

Popp, J., Balogh, P., Oláh, J., Kot, S., Rákos, M., & Lengyel, P. (2018) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su10030577 · Cited by 35 · see citing works

“Here be dragons!” The gross under‐representation of the Global South on editorial boards in Geography

Hedding, D. W., & Breetzke, G. D. (2021) · Geographical Journal · doi:10.1111/geoj.12405 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

A Review of Ecological Restoration Research in the Global South and North to Promote Knowledge Dialogue

Anderson, C. B., Ballari, S. A., Roulier, C., Nielsen, E. A., & Pizarro, J. C. (2020) · Conservation and Society · doi:10.4103/cs.cs_19_91 · Cited by 29 · see citing works

Establishing the Domains of a Hospital Disaster Preparedness Evaluation Tool: A Systematic Review

Munasinghe, N. L., O’Reilly, G., & Cameron, P. A. (2022) · Prehospital and Disaster Medicine · doi:10.1017/s1049023x22001212 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Bridging the divide between scientists and decision-makers: how behavioural ecologists can increase the conservation impact of their research?

Durant, S. M., Groom, R. J., Kuloba, B., Samna, A., Muzuma, U., Gadimang, P., Mandisodza‐Chikerema, R. L., Ipavec, A., Mitchell, N., Ikanda, D. K., et al. (2019) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0011 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Actors, activities, and forms of authority in the IPCC

Hughes, H. (2023) · Review of International Studies · doi:10.1017/s0260210523000207 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Low contribution of Caribbean-based researchers to academic publications on biodiversity conservation in the insular Caribbean

Vallès, H., Labaude, S., Bezault, É., Browne, D. C., Deacon, A. E., Guppy, R., Clavel, A. P., & Cézilly, F. (2021) · Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.pecon.2021.07.006 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

The changing nature of collaboration in tropical ecology and conservation

Perez, T. M., & Hogan, J. A. (2018) · Biotropica · doi:10.1111/btp.12573 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

From inequalities to epistemic innovation: Insights from open science hardware projects in Latin America

Arancio, J. (2023) · Environmental Science & Policy · doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103576 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Illuminating a Black Box of the Peer Review System: Demographics, Experiences, and Career Benefits of Associate Editors

Poulson‐Ellestad, K. L., Hotaling, S., Falkenberg, L. J., & Soranno, P. A. (2020) · Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin · doi:10.1002/lob.10362 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Gaps in tropical science from unrepresentative distribution of sampling and citation across natural terrestrial environments

Metcalfe, D. B., Anders, E. M., Axén, H., Axelsson, E. P., Bermudez, A., Bartholomew, D. C., Butt, N., Cadillo‐Quiroz, H., Chaudhary, N., Callebaut, T., et al. (2025) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-025-67617-4 · Cited by 22 · see citing works

Identifying global research and conservation priorities for Columbidae: a quantitative approach using random forest models

Cambrone, C., Jean-Pierre, A., Bezault, É., & Cézilly, F. (2023) · Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1141072 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Temporal trends of scientific literature about zooplankton community

de Souza, C. A., Gomes, L. F., Nabout, J. C., Velho, L. F. M., & Vieira, L. C. G. (2018) · Neotropical Biology and Conservation · doi:10.4013/nbc.2018.134.01 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Native plant species exhibit consistent drought advantage over introduced species until additional global change drivers are included: A grassland meta‐analysis

Frost, M. D. T., Trimas, G. E., Johnston, K. A., Bunch, Z. L. T., Jolin, A. D., & Koerner, S. E. (2025) · Journal of Ecology · doi:10.1111/1365-2745.70123 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

From beak to fruit: An Asian hornbill database for frugivory and seed dispersal research

Liang, H., McConkey, K. R., & Lim, J. Y. (2024) · Global Ecology and Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02879 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

A persistent lack of International representation on editorial boards in environmental biologyPreprint

Espín, J., Palmas, S., Carrasco‐Rueda, F., Riemer, K., Allen, P. E., Berkebile, N., Hecht, K., Kastner-Wilcox, K. R., Núñez‐Regueiro, M. M., Prince, C. M., et al. (2017) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/131292 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Integrating perspectives in developing mycorrhizal trait databases: a call for inclusive and collaborative continental efforts

Mujica, M. I., Silva‐Flores, P., Bueno, C. G., & Duchicela, J. (2024) · New Phytologist · doi:10.1111/nph.19754 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Drivers of scientific attention on the Caribbean-endemic terrestrial herpetofauna: implications for conservation, research policy and capacity building

Paul, J. M. (2025) · Biodiversity and Conservation · doi:10.1007/s10531-025-03214-7 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Response from Livingston and Colleagues

Livingston, G. (2016) · BioScience · doi:10.1093/biosci/biw050 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Global Disparity in Ecological Science: A Complex Systems Perspective

Marı́n, V. H., & Delgado, L. E. (2016) · BioScience · doi:10.1093/biosci/biw049 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Different nation, different ecology: Comparison of ecological research features in China and the US during the recent three decades

Huang, T.-Y., Zhao, B., Dai, S., Li, H., Ma, J., & Xiao, X. (2018) · Global Ecology and Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00509 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Editorial: Women in tropical forests research 2022

van der Heijden, G. M. F., & Morel, A. (2024) · Frontiers in Forests and Global Change · doi:10.3389/ffgc.2024.1358510

Global particulate pollution research reflects economic capacity more than pollution burden

Yang, J., Zhang, A., Jian, X., Qiu, K., Natraj, V., Gao, H., Newman, S., Pinto, J. P., & Yung, Y. L. (2026) · Communications Sustainability · doi:10.1038/s44458-026-00126-7

Mapping and quantifying engagement levels of governments in IPCC approval meetings by topic from text

Bayer, P. J., Crippa, L., Hughes, H., & Hermansen, E. A. T. (2026) · PLOS Climate · doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0001057

Ecological Equity

Beardsley, T. (2016) · BioScience · doi:10.1093/biosci/biw011

Global Disparity in Ecological Science: A Complex Systems Perspective

Marı́n, V. H., & Delgado, L. E. (2016) · BioScience · doi:10.1093/biosci/biw049 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Response from Livingston and Colleagues

Livingston, G. (2016) · BioScience · doi:10.1093/biosci/biw050 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Academic inequality through the lens of community ecology: a meta-analysis

Mori, A. S., Qian, S., & Tatsumi, S. (2015) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.1457 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

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

Hughes, A. C., Than, K. Z., Tanalgo, K. C., Agung, A. P., Alexander, T., Kane, Y., Bhadra, S., Chornelia, A., Sritongchuay, T., Simla, P., et al. (2023) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · doi:10.3389/fenvs.2023.1211211 · Cited by 27 · see citing works