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The impact of the "World's 25 Most Endangered Primates" list on scientific publications and media

Daphne Kerhoas, Alberto Acerbi, Amanda Webber, Grainne McCabe, Russell Mittermeier, Christoph Schwitzer
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/541706
Daphne Kerhoas
Bristol Zoological Society, Bristol, United Kingdom;
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Alberto Acerbi
Eindhoven University of Technology;
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Amanda Webber
Bristol Zoological Society, Bristol, United Kingdom;
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Grainne McCabe
Bristol Zoological Society, Bristol, United Kingdom;
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Russell Mittermeier
Global Wildlife Conservation, Austin, Texas, USA
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Christoph Schwitzer
Bristol Zoological Society, Bristol, United Kingdom;
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Abstract

Assessing the impact of conservation campaigns is of high importance for optimizing the use of limited resources. Lists of threatened species are often used as media outreach tools, but their usefulness is rarely tested. We investigated whether the inclusion of a species in the list "World's 25 Most Endangered Primates", published biannually by the International Primatological Society, the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission Primate Specialist Group, and Conservation International from 2000, had an effect both on scientific publications and on the general public. We analyzed a database of 40 million articles from major scientific publishers (Elsevier, Springer, Nature, Plos, Pubmed, Biomed Central) finding an increase in the number of papers mentioning a species after its inclusion in the list. We also analyzed media penetration (data from Google News), and online interest (data from Google Blogs, Twitter, and Google Trends), collecting daily data for one month before and one after the official launch of the 2014-2016 list (24th November 2015). The results show a short spike of interest on Google News and Twitter but no long term effect, indicating a limited effect on the general public. Our results are important for the understanding of the impact of current conservation campaigns and to provide strategies for future campaigns.

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The impact of the "World's 25 Most Endangered Primates" list on scientific publications and media
Daphne Kerhoas, Alberto Acerbi, Amanda Webber, Grainne McCabe, Russell Mittermeier, Christoph Schwitzer
bioRxiv 541706; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/541706
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Daphne Kerhoas, Alberto Acerbi, Amanda Webber, Grainne McCabe, Russell Mittermeier, Christoph Schwitzer
bioRxiv 541706; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/541706

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