An assessment of funding and publication rates in Herpetology

IF 1.1 4区 生物学 Q3 ZOOLOGY Herpetological Journal Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI:10.33256/29.4.262273
Bruno O. Ferronato
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Currently, herpetofauna worldwide is facing enormous threats; the number of threatened species is increasing at an alarming rate and many species have gone extinct. Despite efforts of institutions and researchers to understand and address the causes of declines and raise awareness of herpetofauna conservation, there has been no systematic study to evaluate the allocation of funding for basic and applied research relevant to conservation, relative publication rates, and the relationship of these measures to a degree of threat among herpetological groups. This study addresses this gap and identifies strengths and weaknesses of herpetological research and conservation over the last 10 years (2008-2018). Frogs had the highest grant-publication index (1384), followed by lizards (695), turtles (678), snakes (461.5), salamanders (366.5), crocodiles (164), caecilians (25.5), worm lizards (23) and tuatara (10). Nonetheless, when the grant-publication index is divided by the number of threatened and data-deficient species within each group, it demonstrates that, proportionally and in ascending order, salamanders, snakes, lizards, worm lizards, frogs and caecilians are in most need of knowledge and on-going funding for their conservation and survival. I was able to document a continued shift in attention in herpetological research owing to the emergence of chytridiomycosis and the global decline of amphibians. Despite some caveats, these findings should represent a proxy for the allocation of research and conservation effort on herpetofauna worldwide. I suggest priorities for research and how to better direct efforts to herpetofauna conservation.
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Herpetology的资金和出版率评估
目前,世界范围内的爬行动物正面临着巨大的威胁;受威胁物种的数量正以惊人的速度增加,许多物种已经灭绝。尽管机构和研究人员努力了解和解决下降的原因,并提高对爬行动物保护的认识,但尚未有系统的研究来评估与保护相关的基础和应用研究的资金分配、相对发表率以及这些措施与爬行动物群体威胁程度的关系。本研究填补了这一空白,并确定了过去10年(2008-2018年)爬行动物研究和保护的优势和劣势。青蛙的论文发表指数最高(1384),其次是蜥蜴(695)、海龟(678)、蛇(461.5)、蝾螈(366.5)、鳄鱼(164)、无尾螈(25.5)、蜥蜴蠕虫(23)和蜥蜴蜥蜴(10)。尽管如此,当拨款出版指数除以每组中受威胁和缺乏数据的物种数量时,它表明,按比例和升序排列,蝾螈,蛇,蜥蜴,蠕虫蜥蜴,青蛙和无尾动物最需要知识和持续的资金来保护和生存。由于壶菌病的出现和全球两栖动物的减少,我能够记录爬虫学研究中注意力的持续转移。尽管有一些警告,但这些发现应该代表了全世界对爬行动物的研究和保护工作的分配。我建议优先进行研究,以及如何更好地指导保护爬行动物的工作。
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Herpetological Journal
Herpetological Journal 生物-动物学
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2.40
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10.00%
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25
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: The Herpetological Journal is the Society''s prestigious quarterly scientific journal.
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