DIGITAL APPENDIX 1

The 40 most frequently used words in title of publications by Panama authors in the Science Citation Index Expanded

 

Words in title

TA

1980-2013 R (%)

1980-1996 R (%)

1997-2013 R (%)

Panama

578

1 (15)

1 (16)

1 (14)

tropical

555

2 (14)

2 (14)

2 (14)

species

442

3 (11)

3 (6.8)

3 (12)

forest

303

4 (7.6)

4 (5.3)

4 (8.2)

tree

193

5 (4.9)

19 (2.1)

5 (5.6)

neotropical

175

6 (4.4)

8 (3.4)

6 (4.7)

effects

138

7 (3.5)

6 (3.6)

8 (3.4)

diversity

133

8 (3.3)

17 (2.2)

7 (3.7)

central

108

9 (2.7)

56 (1.2)

9 (3.1)

variation

104

10 (2.6)

24 (1.8)

12 (2.8)

genus

102

11 (2.6)

36 (1.4)

11 (2.9)

growth

99

12 (2.5)

10 (2.8)

17 (2.4)

pacific

99

12 (2.5)

21 (1.9)

14 (2.6)

structure

97

14 (2.4)

21 (1.9)

15 (2.6)

hymenoptera

96

15 (2.4)

14 (2.4)

17 (2.4)

forests

95

16 (2.4)

219 (0.48)

10 (2.9)

Caribbean

92

17 (2.3)

7 (3.5)

26 (2.0)

America

91

18 (2.3)

503 (0.24)

12 (2.8)

genetic

87

19 (2.2)

76 (1.0)

16 (2.5)

evolution

87

19 (2.2)

15 (2.3)

21 (2.2)

Panamanian

83

21 (2.1)

5 (4.3)

47 (1.5)

evidence

82

22 (2.1)

29 (1.6)

20 (2.2)

patterns

82

22 (2.1)

24 (1.8)

22 (2.1)

distribution

81

24 (2.0)

44 (1.3)

19 (2.2)

coral

78

25 (2.0)

12 (2.5)

32 (1.8)

implications

77

26 (1.9)

27 (1.7)

26 (2.0)

soil

74

27 (1.9)

102 (0.85)

22 (2.1)

marine

73

28 (1.8)

65 (1.1)

25 (2.0)

plant

71

29 (1.8)

76 (1.0)

26 (2.0)

analysis

69

30 (1.7)

29 (1.6)

34 (1.8)

bats

68

31 (1.7)

960 (0.12)

22 (2.1)

trees

68

31 (1.7)

102 (0.85)

29 (1.9)

activity

68

31 (1.7)

76 (1.0)

30 (1.9)

reef

67

34 (1.7)

9 (2.9)

58 (1.4)

lowland

67

34 (1.7)

76 (1.0)

31 (1.9)

human

66

36 (1.7)

10 (2.8)

58 (1.4)

leaf

64

37 (1.6)

65 (1.1)

35 (1.7)

water

63

38 (1.6)

56 (1.2)

36 (1.7)

eastern

62

39 (1.6)

65 (1.1)

36 (1.7)

effect

60

40 (1.5)

29 (1.6)

47 (1.5)

 

TA: total articles; %: the percentage of the frequency of a given word in title to the total number of articles.

DIGITAL APPENDIX 2

The 20 most frequently used author keywords for Panama publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded

 

Author Keywords

TA

1980-2013 R (%)

1980-1996 R (%)

1997-2013 R (%)

Panama

289

1 (12)

1 (13)

1 (12)

tropical forest

91

2 (3.7)

2 (4.8)

3 (3.6)

Barro Colorado island

88

3 (3.6)

22 (1.6)

2 (3.7)

phylogeny

49

4 (2.0)

22 (1.6)

4 (2.0)

taxonomy

47

5 (1.9)

123 (0.53)

4 (2.0)

speciation

47

5 (1.9)

41 (1.1)

6 (2.0)

sexual selection

45

7 (1.8)

12 (2.1)

7 (1.8)

neotropics

42

8 (1.7)

22 (1.6)

8 (1.7)

photosynthesis

35

9 (1.4)

3 (3.2)

15 (1.3)

new species

35

9 (1.4)

N/A

9 (1.5)

biodiversity

32

11 (1.3)

N/A

10 (1.4)

tropical forests

32

11 (1.3)

41 (1.1)

12 (1.3)

Caribbean

32

11 (1.3)

123 (0.53)

11 (1.4)

mitochondrial DNA

31

14 (1.3)

12 (2.1)

16 (1.2)

crassulacean acid metabolism

31

14 (1.3)

3 (3.2)

22 (1.1)

herbivory

30

16 (1.2)

N/A

12 (1.3)

phylogeography

30

16 (1.2)

N/A

12 (1.3)

diversity

29

18 (1.2)

41 (1.1)

16 (1.2)

growth

28

19 (1.1)

123 (0.53)

16 (1.2)

rain forest

28

19 (1.1)

41 (1.1)

21 (1.1)

 

TA: total articles; %: the percentage of the frequency of a given author keyword to the total number of articles; N/A: not available.

DIGITAL APPENDIX 3

The 30 most frequently used KeyWords Plus for Panama articles in the Science Citation Index Expanded

 

KeyWords Plus

TA

1980-2013 R (%)

1980-1996 R (%)

1997-2013 R (%)

evolution

328

1 (10)

1 (10)

1 (10)

diversity

213

2 (6.6)

11 (3.0)

2 (7.0)

rain-forest

205

3 (6.4)

14 (2.7)

3 (6.7)

patterns

176

4 (5.5)

7 (3.3)

4 (5.7)

growth

159

5 (4.9)

7 (3.3)

5 (5.1)

Panama

127

6 (3.9)

3 (4.0)

6 (3.9)

behavior

111

7 (3.4)

2 (6.4)

9 (3.1)

ecology

101

8 (3.1)

17 (2.3)

7 (3.2)

forest

94

9 (2.9)

59 (1.3)

10 (3.1)

Costa-Rica

94

9 (2.9)

17 (2.3)

11 (3.0)

biodiversity

93

11 (2.9)

N/A

8 (3.2)

dynamics

90

12 (2.8)

17 (2.3)

12 (2.8)

sexual selection

89

13 (2.8)

24 (2.0)

12 (2.8)

plants

85

14 (2.6)

6 (3.7)

14 (2.5)

communities

75

15 (2.3)

24 (2.0)

17 (2.4)

tropical forest

75

15 (2.3)

88 (1.0)

16 (2.5)

conservation

75

15 (2.3)

139 (0.67)

15 (2.5)

populations

72

18 (2.2)

3 (4.0)

24 (2.1)

size

69

19 (2.1)

14 (2.7)

22 (2.1)

speciation

68

20 (2.1)

35 (1.7)

19 (2.2)

tropical forests

66

21 (2.0)

N/A

18 (2.3)

abundance

66

21 (2.0)

35 (1.7)

22 (2.1)

hymenoptera

66

21 (2.0)

88 (1.0)

19 (2.2)

climate-change

62

24 (1.9)

N/A

21 (2.1)

mitochondrial-DNA

62

24 (1.9)

139 (0.67)

24 (2.1)

tree

61

26 (1.9)

35 (1.7)

28 (1.9)

species richness

60

27 (1.9)

139 (0.67)

26 (2.0)

dispersal

60

27 (1.9)

24 (2.0)

29 (1.8)

neotropical forest

58

29 (1.8)

327 (0.33)

27 (1.9)

identification

58

29 (1.8)

35 (1.7)

30 (1.8)

 

TA: Total articles; %: the percentage of the frequency of a given KeyWords Plus to the total number of articles; N/A: Not available.

Digital Appendix 4: Figures 5 through 9

Fig. 5. Top six most cited articles (TC2013 > 500) for Panama authors in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

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Fig. 6. Articles cited more 100 times in 2013 for Panama authors in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

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Fig. 7. Most cited Panama independent articles with citation above 10 times in 2013.

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Fig. 8. Time trend in publications for the top Panama institutions in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

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Fig. 9. Citation life for Panama publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

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