A decade of vertebrate palaeontology research: global taxa distribution, gender dynamics and evolving methodologies

doi:10.1098/rsos.250263

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	A decade of vertebrate palaeontology research: global taxa distribution, gender dynamics and evolving methodologies
	Wang, Haohan 1,2; Sterli, Juliana 3; Dupret, Vincent 4; Blom, Henning 4; Berta, Annalisa 5; Turner, Susan 6; Han, Daoming 1,2; Xu, Luyan 7; Pan, Zhaohui 8
	2025-05-14
发表期刊	ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
ISSN	2054-5703
卷号	12 期号:5 页码:19
通讯作者	Pan, Zhaohui(panzhaohui@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	Using 12 104 publications from 2014 to 2023 in the DeepBone database, this study employs bibliometric methods, including full-text latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) modelling, co-occurrence network analysis and geographic mapping with ArcGIS, to examine three key aspects of vertebrate palaeontology development: geographic distribution of newly established taxa, gender demographics among researchers and research trends. Gender data were analysed using automated tools with manual verification to ensure accuracy, while methodological evolution was investigated through systematic text mining and classification. Among 8336 newly established taxa, mammals (34.72%) and fishes (29.76%) dominate, followed by reptiles (25.34%), birds (7.39%) and amphibians (2.80%). Geographic analysis reveals significant regional disparities, with the USA (13.50%) and China (13.32%) contributing the most, while Africa and Oceania remain under-represented (less than 10%). Gender analysis indicates a gradual increase in female representation from 22.78 to 27.20% over the decade, highlighting the imperative to address gender disparities in vertebrate palaeontology, thereby advancing equity in alignment with UNESCO Sustainable Development Goal 5. LDA topic modelling identifies 15 distinct research topics, encompassing evolutionary biology, cranial and skeletal morphology, dinosaur-bird evolution and human evolution, while co-occurrence analysis highlights the evolution of research methodologies, revealing strong interconnections between phylogenetic analysis (15%), traditional morphological analysis (12%) and high-resolution imaging techniques (9%).
关键词	vertebrate palaeontology bibliometric analysis gender gap methodological evolution latent Dirichlet allocation topic modelling
DOI	10.1098/rsos.250263
关键词[WOS]	DISPARITIES
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Yunnan Fundamental Research projects
项目资助者	Yunnan Fundamental Research projects
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001486780200002
出版者	ROYAL SOC
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/24654
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Pan, Zhaohui
作者单位	1.Qujing Normal Univ, Res Ctr Nat Hist & Culture, Qujing, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.Qujing Normal Univ, Key Lab Yunnan Prov Dept Educ Deep Time Evolut Bio, Qujing, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn CONICET, Museo Paleontol Egidio Feruglio MEF, Trelew, Argentina 4.Uppsala Univ, Dept Organismal Biol, Uppsala, Sweden 5.San Diego State Univ, Dept Biol, San Diego, CA USA 6.Queensland Museum Geosci, Hendra, Australia 7.Qujing Normal Univ, Sch Geog & Tourism, Qujing, Yunnan, Peoples R China 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Haohan,Sterli, Juliana,Dupret, Vincent,et al. A decade of vertebrate palaeontology research: global taxa distribution, gender dynamics and evolving methodologies[J]. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE,2025,12(5):19.
APA	Wang, Haohan.,Sterli, Juliana.,Dupret, Vincent.,Blom, Henning.,Berta, Annalisa.,...&Pan, Zhaohui.(2025).A decade of vertebrate palaeontology research: global taxa distribution, gender dynamics and evolving methodologies.ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE,12(5),19.
MLA	Wang, Haohan,et al."A decade of vertebrate palaeontology research: global taxa distribution, gender dynamics and evolving methodologies".ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 12.5(2025):19.