Late Quaternary Megafauna Extinction Literature Review, 1959-2021

596 unique academic articles on late Quaternary megafauna extinctions published between 1959 and 2021. This dataset results from a systematic review of Web of Science and Scopus, with articles coded in MAXQDA to answer ten predefined questions about conceptualization and study of the extinctions. The dataset was compiled by Mathew Stewart and includes the Python code used for analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in megafauna extinction research over time based on the bibliographic metadata of 596 articles.
• Studying interdisciplinary conceptualizations of extinction based on the qualitative coding of article text.
• Conducting citation network analysis based on the compiled article metadata and provided Python code.
• Training text classification models on scientific literature based on the coded article content.

Strengths

• Compiles metadata from 596 unique academic articles spanning 62 years (1959-2021).
• Includes qualitative coding of article text against ten predefined research questions.
• Provides the Python code used for data preparation and network/citation analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, requiring inspection after download.
• The dataset's 17.4 MB size suggests it is relatively small, potentially limiting analysis scope.
• Data collection ended in November 2021; newer publications are not included.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Mathew Stewart.

Collection Method

Systematic review querying Web of Science and Scopus; articles were coded using MAXQDA qualitative analysis software.

Time Range

1959 to 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 05:44:28; freshness should be verified.