Title |
A global perspective on decadal challenges and priorities in biodiversity informatics
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, May 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s12898-015-0046-8 |
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Authors |
A Townsend Peterson, Jorge Soberón, Leonard Krishtalka |
Abstract |
Biodiversity informatics is a field that is growing rapidly in data infrastructure, tools, and participation by researchers worldwide from diverse disciplines and with diverse, innovative approaches. A recent 'decadal view' of the field laid out a vision that was nonetheless restricted and constrained by its European focus. Our alternative decadal view is global, i.e., it sees the worldwide scope and importance of biodiversity informatics as addressing five major, global goals: (1) mobilize existing knowledge; (2) share this knowledge and the experience of its myriad deployments globally; (3) avoid 'siloing' and reinventing the tools of knowledge deployment; (4) tackle biodiversity informatics challenges at appropriate scales; and (5) seek solutions to difficult challenges that are strategic. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 5 | 28% |
United States | 3 | 17% |
Finland | 1 | 6% |
Canada | 1 | 6% |
Italy | 1 | 6% |
Sweden | 1 | 6% |
Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
Brazil | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 4 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 12 | 67% |
Scientists | 6 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 4 | 3% |
United States | 2 | 2% |
Spain | 2 | 2% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Israel | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Italy | 1 | <1% |
Denmark | 1 | <1% |
Other | 3 | 2% |
Unknown | 108 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 28 | 22% |
Student > Master | 18 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 10 | 8% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 10 | 8% |
Other | 30 | 24% |
Unknown | 12 | 10% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 63 | 50% |
Environmental Science | 17 | 14% |
Computer Science | 10 | 8% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 5% |
Earth and Planetary Sciences | 4 | 3% |
Other | 5 | 4% |
Unknown | 20 | 16% |