The landscape of ecology

Pokallus, John W.; Campbell, Geneviève; Koch, Benjamin J.; Pauli, Jonathan N.

doi:10.1890/es10-00173.1

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“…From other data in our survey, we can attest to the fact that ecologists are conflicted about whether or how to incorporate their scientific expertise into issues of environmental relevance (see also Blockstein 2002, Sisk et al 2011. In fact, values insert themselves whether we are conscious of them or not (Lautensach 2005, Pokallus et al 2011. It is better to realize that our values may be influencing what we think are purely empirical inputs as we develop our research questions and draw our scientific conclusions (de Melo-Martin and Intemann (2012).…”

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Traits of a good ecologist: What do ecologists think?

Reiners

Lockwood

2013

Ecosphere

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Abstract. Much is inferred, but little is actually known, about how ecologists view themselves and what they value as scientists. We investigated these attitudes as part of a survey of non-student, U.S.-addressed members of the Ecological Society of America. The part of the survey reported in this paper requested ratings of 15 possible traits of a good ecologist. These traits embodied values associated with religious principles, aesthetics, caring for nature, and epistemic competence (via professional proficiency). The survey was completed by 20% of the potential respondent pool of 6,083 ecologists. The resulting trait scores were analyzed with respect to age, gender, level of education, nature of employment, primary domain of inquiry, principle method of analysis, and source of greatest professional satisfaction.Respondents ranked traits associated with professional proficiency highest and religious principles lowest. Reactions to ethical and aesthetic traits were mixed. With increasing age, rankings for ethical and aesthetic traits increased while scores for some aspects of epistemic proficiency declined. Gender effects were few. Ecologists with BA/BS or MA/MS degrees scored aesthetic and pro-social traits higher and epistemic proficiency traits lower than did PhD degree-holding respondents. Ecologists employed by government, business, or non-profits had uniquely different scoring spectra from one another and from the entire pool. Characterization of values held by ecologists classified by various domains of inquiry, primary methods of analysis, or sources of greatest professional satisfaction was complex. Particularly intriguing was that those who worked in the ecosystem domain, who used modeling and meta-data analysis as methods, or who received the most professional satisfaction from these same activities, exhibited strong support for several epistemic proficiency-related traits, while being relatively negative about traits in the aesthetic and nature-caring categories. These results put some empirical substance and conceptual structures behind perceptions that distinct subcultures exist in U.S. ecology.These results are relevant in three ways. First, they provide a framework by which individual ecologists may become aware of the motivations that drive them, the values that shape their attitudes, and the source and meaning of their professional priorities. Second, these results challenge mentors to be mindful of how they guide young ecologists in the development of their own values and priorities. Third, these results inform the leadership of professional organizations of the range and variation of positions that their member hold and that are relevant to initiatives the leadership may which to promote.

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confidence: 88%

Traits of a good ecologist: What do ecologists think?

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Lockwood

2013

Ecosphere

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“…The weight allocated to the first author can be debated, but we followed the suggestion of Pokallus et al . (). As we were interested in the research output and hotspots within Australia, all weightings accrued to foreign authors were discarded.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The weight allocated to the first author can be debated, but we followed the suggestion of Pokallus et al (2011). For multiple-authored papers, a weight of 0.75 was allocated to the first author and the remaining 0.25 was divided equally among all other authors.…”

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“…For multiple-authored papers, a weight of 0.75 was allocated to the first author and the remaining 0.25 was divided equally among all other authors. The weight allocated to the first author can be debated, but we followed the suggestion of Pokallus et al (2011). As we were interested in the research output and hotspots within Australia, all weightings accrued to foreign authors were discarded.The allocated weights were added to give overall weighted number of papers for each postcode and each institution, and then grouped into 5-year clusters.…”

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Landscape of ecological research in Australia: A bibliometric analysis of trends in research output and hotspots of research from 1991 to 2010

Kumar

Khormi

2012

Austral Ecology

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The spatial distribution and density of scientists can have important implications for key aspects of scientific processes, such as innovation, networking, rates of knowledge exchange and success in large competitive grants. In this paper, we examine the research output of different research organizations and universities in Australia, with the aim of identifying hotspots of ecological research and how these hotspots have changed over the last 20 years.We used publications from 10 reputable peer-reviewed international journals as a measure of research output.We identified a number of ecology hotspot clusters. Some clusters have developed significantly over the last 20 years, while others have declined in output over time.The University of Sydney, University of Queensland, James Cook University and Melbourne University had the largest output levels among universities. Results also showed large increases in output over the last 5-year period (2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010), possibly because of the impending introduction of the Excellence in Research for Australia.

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“…In this case study, we calculate the Getis-Ord Gi* statistic with a non-binary spatial weight matrix [8][9][10][11]. We use a dataset with the following data: (1) proportion of papers belonging to the 10% most frequently cited papers (PP top-10% ), (2) number of papers belonging to the 10% most frequently cited papers (P top-10% ) and (3) geo-coordinates for all institutions in the United States from the SCImago group (and Scopus).…”

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Hot and cold spots in the US research: A spatial analysis of bibliometric data on the institutional level

Bornmann

Anegón

2018

Journal of Information Science

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Spatial bibliometrics addresses the spatial aspects of scientific research activities. In this case study, we use the Getis–Ord G∗ i ( d) statistic for bibliometric data on US institutions to identify hot spots of institutions on a map publishing many high-impact papers. The study is based on a dataset with performance data (proportion and number of papers belonging to the 10% most frequently cited papers) and geo-coordinates for all institutions in the United States from the SCImago group (and Scopus). The Getis-Ord Gi* statistic returns, for each institution on a map, a z score. Higher z scores point to intense clustering of institutions, which have published a large proportion or number of highly cited papers (hot spots). The US maps, which we generate as examples in this study, point to four regions. These regions can be labelled as hot spots: around San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and Washington, DC. The empirical focus on institutional hot spots in a country using bibliometric data is of specific importance for science policy, because geospatial proximity is shown as an important factor for innovation processes.

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The landscape of ecology

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Traits of a good ecologist: What do ecologists think?

Traits of a good ecologist: What do ecologists think?

Landscape of ecological research in Australia: A bibliometric analysis of trends in research output and hotspots of research from 1991 to 2010

Hot and cold spots in the US research: A spatial analysis of bibliometric data on the institutional level

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