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NBG, NG and DL acknowledge the support of the New Zealand Antarctic Science Platform through their research grant ASP-023-4. KAH was supported by core funding to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). JRL is supported by a Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowship.

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Ant-ICON-'Integrated Science to Inform Antarctic and Southern Ocean Conservation': a new SCAR Scientific Research Programme

Publicated to:ANTARCTIC SCIENCE. 34 (6): 446-455 - 2022-12-08 34(6), DOI: 10.1017/s0954102022000402

Authors: Hughes, Kevin A. A.; Santos, Mercedes; Caccavo, Jilda A. A.; Chignell, Stephen M. M.; Gardiner, Natasha B. B.; Gilbert, Neil; Howkins, Adrian; Van Vuuren, Bettine Jansen; Lee, Jasmine R. R.; Liggett, Daniela; Lowther, Andrew; Lynch, Heather; Quesada, Antonio; Shin, Hyoung Chul; Soutullo, Alvaro; Terauds, Aleks;

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Abstract

Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments are facing increasing pressure from multiple threats. The Antarctic Treaty System regularly looks to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for the provision of independent and objective advice based on the best available science to support decision-making, policy development and effective environmental management. The recently approved SCAR Scientific Research Programme Ant-ICON - 'Integrated Science to Inform Antarctic and Southern Ocean Conservation' - facilitates and coordinates high-quality transdisciplinary research to inform the conservation and management of Antarctica, the Southern Ocean and the sub-Antarctic in the context of current and future impacts. The work of Ant-ICON focuses on three research themes examining 1) the current state and future projections of Antarctic systems, species and functions, 2) human impacts and sustainability and 3) socio-ecological approaches to Antarctic and Southern Ocean conservation, and one synthesis theme that seeks to facilitate the provision of timely scientific advice to support effective Antarctic conservation. Research outputs will address the most pressing environmental challenges facing Antarctica and offer high-quality science to policy and advisory bodies including the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, the Committee for Environmental Protection and the Scientific Committee of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.

Keywords

Antarctic treaty systemBest available scienceBiological invasionsCapacity buildingChallengesClimateEnvironmental protectionHuman impactImpactsPeninsulaResilienceScience-policy communication

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal ANTARCTIC SCIENCE due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Geology. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q4 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Geosciences, Multidisciplinary.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 2.29, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 2.6 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-06, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 8
  • OpenCitations: 3

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-06:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 5.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 5 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 14.15.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 24 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/707569

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Antarctic; Argentina; Australia; Canada; Germany; New Zealand; Norway; Republic of Korea; South African Republic; United Kingdom; United States of America; Uruguay.