Perspectives on socio-ecological studies in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

ALEJANDRO, HUERTAS HERRERA; TORO MANRÍQUEZ, MÓNICA D.R.; CRISTIAN LORENZO; LENCINAS, MARÍA VANESSA; MARTÍNEZ PASTUR, GUILLERMO

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Springer Nature

Lugar: London; Año: 2023 vol. 10

Socio-ecology studies the relationships between human activities and natural systems and their importance in management and public policy. Our objective was to analyse how published papers in countries with a high Human Development Index (HDI) perform socio-ecological studies and compare them between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. To do this, we used the Scopus platform as a source for searching and obtaining scientific papers about socio-ecological studies conducted in countries from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. We calculated the number (n) of papers published per year and classified them using the main subject areas of the SCImago Journal & Country Rank database. Then, we analysed whether papers included specific recommendations for natural system management, nature conservation, policies or governance structures, or science in general. Besides, we studied whether the papers addressed socio-ecological studies related to flora and fauna and from what specific group of organisms or systems. Data were compared using the chi-square (χ2) test (Pearson p