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100%

70 92 98

46 110

74 112

336

90%

80%

70%

A

60%

1470 1798

5508

3256

3554

3452 5238

B

1516

50%

C

40%

30%

D

20%

30

24

26 E

16 39

7 8

14

45

18

10% 6

125

17 342

264 16

528

49

10 332 356 544

96 380

0%

Fig. 13.5 Absolute numbers (in the bars) and relative percentage (indicated by Y axis) of ILTER
publications for each of the defi ned research concepts contributed by contributed by ILTER
researchers from each of the geographical zones (A to E). Geographical Zone F is not included
because all researchers in Antarctica are from other parts of the world. For latitudinal ranges and
countries included in geographical zones A to E see Table 13.1 ; for color matches of the Zones see
Fig. 13.2

13.2.4 From Which Geographical Region and in Which Venues

Are LTER Researchers Publishing?

A fi rst of level of analysis was conducted based on the ISI's Web of Knowledge
database service. Publication venues were identifi ed by automatically matching
ISI's Master Journal List ( http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ ) with publica-
tion names from the collected ILTER bibliographies. 10 The majority (89 %) of pub-
lication venues is generated by researchers based in the North Temperate region
(in Zone B) (Table 13.4 ). Zone B together with zone A (Arctic) account for 90 % of
the ISI-ILTER publications. Adding Zone C (North Equator), the proportion of

10 It is important to note data quality issues. They included: typos and inconsistent spelling and use
of publication names in national- and regional-scale bibliographies, lack of DOIs, and lack of
public availability of some documents listed in bibliographies. These issues existed in bibliogra-
phies from both small and large networks regardless of geographic location. Furthermore, Asian
and non-Latin journal names presented an additional challenge since they are not well represented
in the ISI Master Journal List. The impact is clear from the ISI/non-ISI ratios for CERN and Brazil
national-scale networks, which both listed many publications in Chinese and Portuguese publica-
tion venues, respectively (see Fig. 13.7 ).