African Biodiversity and Conservation Research Publications, 1975-2025

African biodiversity and conservation research is analyzed in this bibliometric dataset of 1,263 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection. The data spans 50 years from 1975 to 2025 and involves 5,185 unique authors across 83 disciplines. It was created by NGABA MBEZELE JUNIOR YANNICK and shared on figshare in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze publication trends in African biodiversity research based on the 50-year time span.
• Map collaboration networks among authors based on the involvement of 5,185 unique researchers.
• Identify dominant and emerging disciplines within African conservation science based on the coverage of 83 fields.
• Assess the growth and continental focus of conservation literature based on the dataset's geographic scope.

Strengths

• Covers a 50-year time range from 1975 to 2025.
• Includes 1,263 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection.
• Encompasses 5,185 unique authors and 83 disciplines, suggesting broad coverage.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect source bias inherent to the Web of Science indexing.

Provenance

Source

Web of Science Core Collection

Collection Method

Bibliometric analysis

Time Range

1975-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-18 11:00:45; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Africa