Diversity of practitioners publishing in five leading international journals of applied ecology and conservation biology, 1987–2015 relative to global biodiversity hotspots

Between 1987 and 1995, research papers published in five leading journals of applied ecology and conservation biology (AECB) were overwhelmingly produced by American and British authors. A significant proportion of overall variation in research productivity among nations could be explained by differences in gross national product (GNP). Here, we used bibliometric analyses for a comparative assessment to determine if geographical patterns of...