Gender analysis revealed significant imbalances in female participation. Promoting equitable representation in scientific authorship is crucial not only for social justice but also to enrich research by incorporating diverse perspectives.

Network analysis using clustering methods provided valuable insights into collaborative structure trends. Co-authorship analysis revealed a highly collaborative landscape, with 90% of identified clusters involving international partnerships.

The most frequent keywords (“Isotope”, “Pleistocene”, “Diet”, “Paleoecology”, and “Carbon”) highlight a primary focus on evaluating the paleodiets and ecological roles of extinct taxa, and recent years show growing interest in Ecological niche modeling.

🌎 Geographically, most works are concentrated in Argentina and Brazil. Countries like Paraguay and Venezuela are underrepresented.
We need more balanced regional sampling to understand continent-wide patterns.

📈 The field has grown exponentially, especially in the last 5 years. But studies are heavily skewed toward:
✔ the Quaternary (77% of the papers)
✔ certain taxa (e.g., Equidae, Camelidae, Toxodontidae)

New paper out!

This review looks at 30 years of stable isotope studies on South American fossil mammals, exploring research trends, paleoecological insights, and future directions.

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