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1 May 2010 Dynamics of Content and Authorship Patterns in The Wildlife Society Journals (1937–2007)
Robert A. Powell, Dean Ransom, R. Douglas Slack, Nova J. Silvy
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A previous analysis of the content of articles published in The Wildlife Society (TWS) journals from 1937 to 1989 concluded that TWS should strive to publish more articles on nongame and endangered species, ecosystems, habitat fragmentation, and human dimensions. We revisited this analysis and included the years 1990–2007 to determine whether, and how, TWS journals have addressed previous concerns. We also analyzed changes in subject content for TWS journals from 1937 to 2007 using selected terms that we considered indicative of emerging trends within the wildlife profession and society by documenting patterns of use of these terms as key words. Additionally, we evaluated authorship patterns for all TWS journals during 1937–2007 to determine trends in both numbers of authors per article and author affiliations. Our analysis demonstrated that the content of TWS journals has changed over time, and the changes reflected emerging themes in TWS, the wildlife profession, and society. We documented increases in published studies of nongame species and multiple species and articles with multiple authorships representing diverse affiliations. We argue that these patterns reflect a TWS response to shifts in public opinion, policy developments, advances in technology, and changes in university curricula. Although the number of studies published on human dimensions and conservation education has increased over time, these disciplines remained underrepresented.

Robert A. Powell, Dean Ransom, R. Douglas Slack, and Nova J. Silvy "Dynamics of Content and Authorship Patterns in The Wildlife Society Journals (1937–2007)," Journal of Wildlife Management 74(4), 816-827, (1 May 2010). https://doi.org/10.2193/2008-526
Published: 1 May 2010
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