Spanish-Language Ecology Literature Word Frequencies from 1998 to 2024

6,544 Spanish-language articles from 12 ecological and conservation journals in five Latin American countries, published between 1998 and 2024. The dataset contains the frequency per 100,000 words for each unigram and bigram per year, compiled by Aquetzalli Nayelli Rivera Villanueva and last updated in May 2026. It tracks the shift in research topics from natural history to applied conservation science.

Use Cases

• Analyze the growth of conservation science as a discipline based on the increasing frequency of terms like 'deforestation' and 'climate change'.
• Identify declining research topics based on the decreasing use of morphology- and taxonomy-related terms.
• Study the shift from descriptive to data-driven research in Spanish-language ecology literature based on the overall trend described.
• Track the increasing focus on local ecological threats based on the growing use of terms like 'fragmentation', 'urbanisation', and 'resource exploitation'.

Strengths

• Analyzes a substantial corpus of 6,544 articles from a defined set of 12 journals.
• Provides a long-term temporal analysis covering 26 years from 1998 to 2024.
• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is focused on a specific subset of journals and may not represent all Spanish-language ecological literature.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Analysis of published articles from 12 specified ecological and conservation journals.

Time Range

1998 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 06:47:19; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Five Latin American countries (specific countries not named)