Bibliometric Review of Biodiversity Informatics and Climate Change Research

1993 to 2024 bibliometric analysis of 643 publications from the Scopus database on informatics applications for biodiversity conservation under climate change. Olga Kupika conducted this FAIR-aligned review to map research trends, collaboration networks, and thematic areas. The study identifies a rapid increase in publications over the last decade.

Use Cases

• Analyze publication_year and author_country to track the growth of research output and identify leading geographic contributors.
• Map keyword_co_occurrence networks to identify dominant research themes like species distribution modeling and ecological informatics.
• Use co_authorship_network data to study interdisciplinary collaboration patterns among institutions and researchers.
• Analyze citation_counts and journal_names to assess the impact and dissemination channels of research in this field.

Strengths

• Analysis of 643 publications provides a substantive sample for trend identification.
• Covers a 31-year time range from 1993 to 2024, enabling longitudinal analysis.
• FAIR-aligned and includes multiple open data formats (CSV, BIB, RIS) for reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is small (10.9 MB), limiting deep statistical or machine learning applications.
• Geographic coverage is biased, with noted limited contributions from African regions.
• Analysis is confined to the Scopus database, potentially excluding relevant publications from other sources.

Provenance

Source

Scopus database.

Collection Method

Bibliometric analysis of publication metadata.

Time Range

1993 to 2024.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026, with data coverage through 2024.

Geography

Global, with analysis of author affiliations.