The inclusion of diverse individuals in ecological sciences has shown little progress over the past 2 decades for various reasons, including structural barriers in societies, organizations, and academia. Collaboration networks are important for productivity, promotion, and scientific impact, yet the extent to which the structure of these networks affects the inclusion of minoritized people remains unknown. Here, we evaluated trends in published research between 1965 and 2017 within the U.S. fisheries science academic co-authorship network and evaluated its structural composition, focused on gender and race/ethnicity. Although the number of publications, number of authors per article, and lead authorship by women and people of color have increased over time, white men still lead more than 70% of published articles. Network analysis demonstrates a shift in the structure of the network over time from an initial concentration of research among a few fragmented clusters to a nearly completely connected network by 2016. However, centrality metrics for women and people of color consistently showed lower scores, suggesting that their integration into the network remains incipient. Our findings illustrate that although progress has been made towards the inclusion of diverse talent in fisheries science over time, continued progress requires strategic, explicit efforts to overcome biases and barriers.

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多样性和包容性视角下的美国学术渔业合着网络

由于各种原因，包括社会、组织和学术界的结构障碍，在过去的 20 年里，将不同的个体纳入生态科学几乎没有取得进展。协作网络对于生产力、促进和科学影响很重要，但这些网络的结构在多大程度上影响了少数民族的包容性仍然未知。在这里，我们评估了 1965 年至 2017 年美国渔业科学学术合着网络内已发表研究的趋势，并评估了其结构组成，重点是性别和种族/民族。尽管出版物的数量、每篇文章的作者数量以及女性和有色人种的主要作者数量随着时间的推移而增加，但白人男性仍然主导了 70% 以上的已发表文章。网络分析表明，随着时间的推移，网络结构从最初集中在几个分散的集群中转变为到 2016 年几乎完全连接的网络。 然而，女性和有色人种的中心性指标始终显示较低的分数，这表明它们与网络的整合仍处于初期阶段。我们的研究结果表明，尽管随着时间的推移，在将多样化人才纳入渔业科学方面取得了进展，但持续的进展需要战略性、明确的努力来克服偏见和障碍。表明他们对网络的整合仍处于初期阶段。我们的研究结果表明，尽管随着时间的推移，在将多样化人才纳入渔业科学方面取得了进展，但持续的进展需要战略性、明确的努力来克服偏见和障碍。表明他们对网络的整合仍处于初期阶段。我们的研究结果表明，尽管随着时间的推移，在将多样化人才纳入渔业科学方面取得了进展，但持续的进展需要战略性、明确的努力来克服偏见和障碍。