A dataset for examining trends in publication of new Australian insects
Australian Faunal Directory data were used to create a new, publicly available dataset, nai50, which lists 18318 species and subspecies names for Australian insects described in the period 1961–2010, together with associated publishing data. The number of taxonomic publications introducing the new n...
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| description | Australian Faunal Directory data were used to create a new, publicly available dataset, nai50, which lists 18318 species and subspecies names for Australian insects described in the period 1961–2010, together with associated publishing data. The number of taxonomic publications introducing the new names varied little around a long-term average of 70 per year, with ca 420 new names published per year during the 30-year period 1981–2010. Within this stable pattern there were steady increases in multi-authored and 'Smith in Jones and Smith' names, and a decline in publication of names in entomology journals and books. For taxonomic works published in Australia, a publications peak around 1990 reflected increases in museum, scientific society and government agency publishing, but a subsequent decline is largely explained by a steep drop in the number of papers on insect taxonomy published by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0089fec7afb74001b9f892a590023a892022-12-21T21:18:46ZengPensoft PublishersBiodiversity Data Journal1314-28361314-28282014-07-01212010.3897/BDJ.2.e11601160A dataset for examining trends in publication of new Australian insectsRobert MesibovAustralian Faunal Directory data were used to create a new, publicly available dataset, nai50, which lists 18318 species and subspecies names for Australian insects described in the period 1961–2010, together with associated publishing data. The number of taxonomic publications introducing the new names varied little around a long-term average of 70 per year, with ca 420 new names published per year during the 30-year period 1981–2010. Within this stable pattern there were steady increases in multi-authored and 'Smith in Jones and Smith' names, and a decline in publication of names in entomology journals and books. For taxonomic works published in Australia, a publications peak around 1990 reflected increases in museum, scientific society and government agency publishing, but a subsequent decline is largely explained by a steep drop in the number of papers on insect taxonomy published by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO.http://bdj.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1160TaxonomyInsectaAustralia |
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| title | A dataset for examining trends in publication of new Australian insects |
| title_full | A dataset for examining trends in publication of new Australian insects |
| title_fullStr | A dataset for examining trends in publication of new Australian insects |
| title_full_unstemmed | A dataset for examining trends in publication of new Australian insects |
| title_short | A dataset for examining trends in publication of new Australian insects |
| title_sort | dataset for examining trends in publication of new australian insects |
| topic | Taxonomy Insecta Australia |
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