Sixty years of Halffter’s Mexican Transition Zone: a systematic review using bibliometric tools

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad Pub Date : 2023-05-24 DOI:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2023.94.5114

M. M. López-García, J. Morrone

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Abstract

The Mexican Transition Zone (MTZ) has become a key concept that has promoted the consolidation of an integrative field of research. We reviewed the scientific publications on the MTZ with bibliometric tools to detect trends through time and analyze the conceptual structure and historiographic citation. We also performed a content analysis considering the conceptualization of the MTZ, the application of Halffter’s patterns of distribution, and the different disciplines where the term has been used. The number of publications per year has not been constant, but since 2012 there has been a general increase, becoming the MTZ frequently cited in papers and in some cases constituting a research topic. We identified divergences in the conceptualization of the MTZ and discussed the implications for biogeographic studies. Halffter’s conceptualization of the Mexican Transition Zone has inspired other authors to produce research focused on this area and to set biogeographic hypotheses but also to redefine the concept and make it applicable through its incorporation in the biogeographical regionalization of the Americas.

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哈夫特的墨西哥过渡区六十年:使用文献计量工具的系统回顾

墨西哥过渡区（MTZ）已成为促进综合研究领域整合的一个关键概念。我们使用文献计量工具对MTZ上的科学出版物进行了审查，以检测随时间变化的趋势，并分析其概念结构和历史引文。我们还进行了内容分析，考虑到MTZ的概念化、Halfter分布模式的应用以及使用该术语的不同学科。每年的出版物数量并不是恒定的，但自2012年以来，出版物数量普遍增加，成为论文中经常引用的MTZ，在某些情况下构成了一个研究主题。我们发现了MTZ概念化的差异，并讨论了其对生物地理学研究的影响。Halfter对墨西哥过渡区的概念化激发了其他作者对这一领域的研究，并提出了生物地理学假设，但也重新定义了这一概念，并通过将其纳入美洲的生物地理学区域中使其适用。

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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 环境科学-生物多样性保护

CiteScore

1.50

自引率

11.10%

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审稿时长

12-24 weeks

期刊介绍： Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad appears in 4 issues per year and publishes the products of original scientific research regarding biodiversity of the Americas (systematics, biogeography, ecology and evolution), as well as its conservation and management. The journal ensures high standards with a system of external peer review, and is included in the list of excellence of journals of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT, Mexico). It is currently included in ASFA, Biological Abstracts, Biological Sciences, Latindex Periódica, RedALyC, Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), SciELO, SCOPUS, and Zoological Records.