DENSITY OF GEOREFERENCED SPECIES OCCURRENCE RECORDS PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF
HTTP://WWW.GBIF.ORG/OCCURRENCE | FEB 2015

526,027,836
13,950
651
http://www.gbif.org | 01 FEB 2015

+ 558,347
+ 23
+ 2
http://www.gbif.org | 01 FEB 2015

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http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/summary | 11 FEB 2015

400
350
300
250
200
150
100
Trend in primary biodiversity records (millions)
550
500
450 http://www.gbif.org
| 6 FEB 2015

700
650
600
550
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
Trend in number of institutions registered as GBIF data publishers
A sharp rise in the number of data publishers in September 2013 results from institutions choosing to register as separate entities rather than sharing datasets through a single publisher at their national node institution. http://www.gbif.org
| 6 FEB 2015

Number of new records published—Top 10 participant Countries
(1 to 31 Jan 2015)
1. Sweden
2. United States
3. Denmark
4. Netherlands
5. Norway
822,321
631,391
519,781
6. Belgium
7. India
8. Brazil
430,577 9. Germany
249,388 10. Canada
54,962
31,936
28,490
25,097
24,657
Total number of records published—Top 10 Participant Countries
(as of 31 Jan 2015)
1. United States
2. Sweden
209,615,018 6. Germany
50,083,142 7. Finland
3. United Kingdom 47,238,017 8. France
4. Australia
5. Netherlands
36,654,612
21,699,172
9. Norway
10. Spain
18,758,148
18,514,033
17,510,657
17,431,131
10,201,696
NOTE: Datasets are assigned to countries according to the location of the publishing institution, including aggregated datasets with contributors from many other countries. http://www.gbif.org
| 6 FEB 2015

1 Nov 2014
– 31 Jan 2015 compared with 1 Nov 2013 – 31 Jan 2014
November 2014
Ran k
Country/Territory
1 United States
2 China
3 Germany
4 Spain
5 France
6 India
7 United Kingdom
8 Brazil
9 Mexico
10 Italy
Sessions % Total Sessions Prev. rank
46,554
26,004
20,158
15,756
13,641
13,581
13,446
11,445
10,941
9,655
13.75%
7.68%
5.95%
4.65%
4.03%
4.01%
3.97%
3.38%
3.23%
2.85%
Google Analytics report for GBIF.org; access available upon request from comms@gbif.org
| 01 FEB 2015
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4
6
1
8
2
9
10
5
7
January 2015

Jan 2015
1. China
2. United States
3. Germany
4. Spain
5. United Kingdom
15,622 6. India
14,799 7. France
6,305 8. Brazil
4,775 9. Mexico
4,512 10. Italy
4,425
4,417
3,182
3,164
3,070
Google Analytics report for GBIF.org; access available upon request from comms@gbif.org
| 02 FEB 2015

1 Jan 2015
– 31 Jan 2015
1. United States
2. Denmark
3. Mexico
4. Brazil
5. Germany
867 6. Canada
750 7. Spain
534
8. United
Kingdom
431 9. France
317 10. Ecuador
275
268
231
168
130
Requests for download do not necessarily result in data actually being downloaded. Based on country indicated by user login | 06 FEB 2015

Annual number of peer-reviewed publications using GBIF-mediated data
2015 (Jan) 23
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
0
52
50
89
148
169
229
249
357
100 150 200 250 300 350 400
09 FEB 2015

Jan 2015
Relationship line represents collaboration between authors affiliated in different countries.
Jan 2015
1. United States
2. Germany
3. Mexico
9 4. Belgium
4 4. Denmark
3 4. France
4. Singapore
4. Switzerland
Number of research publications in January 2015 citing use of
GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author.
Top eight countries shown.
Total 2014
2
2
2
2
2
1. United States
2. Spain
3. United Kingdom
4. Germany
5. Australia
119
42
40
37
34
6. Italy
7. Mexico
8. Brazil
9. France
10. South Africa
Number of research publications from January to December 2014 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author.
Top tencountries shown.
23
21
20
19
17
9 FEB 2015

Jan 2015
• Campbell, J. Access to scientific data in the 21st century: rationale and illustrative usage rights review . Data Science Journal. Author country: United States.
• Candela, L., et al. Data journals: A survey . Journal of the Association for Information
Science and Technology. Author country: Italy.
• Chomicki, G., et al. Phylogenetics and molecular clocks reveal the repeated evolution of ant-plants after the late Miocene in Africa and the early Miocene in Australasia and the
Neotropics . New Phytologist. Author country: Germany.
• Esperón-Rodríguez, et al. Comparing environmental vulnerability in the montane cloud forest of eastern Mexico: a vulnerability index . Ecological Indicators. Author country:
Mexico.
• Ferretti, F., et al. Falling through the cracks: the fading history of a large iconic predator .
Fish and Fisheries. Author countries: United States; Spain; France; Croatia.
A complete archive of research citing used of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library
10 FEB 2015

• Huang, D. W., et al. The future of evolutionary diversity in reef corals . Philosophical transactions B. Author countries: Singapore, United States.
Jan 2015
• Owen, C. L., et al. A synthetic phylogeny of freshwater crayfish: insights for conservation .
Philosophical Transactions B. Author Country: United States.
• Pekarsky, S., et al. Enriching the isotopic toolbox for migratory connectivity analysis: a new approach for migratory species breeding in remote or unexplored areas . Diversity and
Distributions. Author countries: Israel, Germany, Canada.
• Wisz, M. S., et al. Arctic warming will promote Atlantic–Pacific fish interchange. Nature
Climate Change . Author countries: Denmark, Greenland, Switzerland, France.
A complete archive of research citing used of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library
10 FEB 2015

2001-2015
120
100
Other Associate Participants
Associate Country Participants
Voting Participants
80
39
43
46
47
37
38
38
60
29
31
34
34 33
37
24
40
11
7
18
11
15
18
21 21 16
20
22 23
24
11
13
15 16 17
20
21 22
24 25 26 26
29 29
32 32 33
35
33
37 37 37
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013 2014 2015
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09 FEB 2015

Voting Participants
1.
Andorra (moved from ACP)
2.
Argentina *
3.
Australia
4.
Belgium
5.
Benin (moved from ACP)
6.
Burkina Faso (moved from ACP)
7.
Chile
8.
Colombia (moved from ACP)
9.
Costa Rica
10. Denmark
11. Estonia
12. Finland
13. France
14. Germany
15. Ghana (moved from ACP)
16. Iceland
17. Ireland
18. Kenya
19. Madagascar (moved from ACP)
20. Mauritania
21. Mexico
22. Netherlands
23. New Zealand
24. Norway
25. Peru *
26. Portugal
27. Republic of Korea
28. Slovakia *
29. Slovenia *
30. South Africa
31. Spain
32. Sweden
33. Tanzania
34. Uganda (moved from ACP)
35. United Kingdom
36. United States
37. Uruguay
Associate Country Participants
1.
Austria
2.
Brazil
3.
Canada
4.
Central African Republic
5.
Guinea
6.
India
7.
Indonesia *
8.
Israel
9.
Japan
10. Luxembourg
11. Malawi
12. Pakistan
13. Philippines
14. Poland
15. Republic of Congo
16. Switzerland *
17. Togo
Feb 2015
Other Associate Participants GBIF Affiliates
1.
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
2.
Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)
3.
Biodiversity Heritage Library
4.
BioNET-Andionet
5.
BioNET-INTERNATIONAL
6.
Bioversity International
7.
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
8.
Canadensys
9.
Chinese Academy of Sciences
10. Chinese Taipei
11. Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (CYTED)
12. Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL)
13. Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF)
14. Discover Life
15. Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
16. Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)
17. European Environment Agency (EEA)
18. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
1.
2.
Data Observation Network for Earth (DataOne)
International Oceanographic Commission of the
19. Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)
20. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
21. International Barcode of Life Consortium (iBOL)
22. International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
23. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
24. International Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER)
25. Naturalis Biodiversity Center
26. Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA)
27. NatureServe
28. NordGen
29. Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum (PBIF)
30. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
31. Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data (SMEBD)
32. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
33. Species 2000
34. TDWG
35. UNEP-WCMC
36. VertNet
37. Wildscreen
38. World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organisation (IOC/UNESCO)
* Signature of 2012 MoU pending, previous status shown | http://www.gbif.org/participation/list
9 FEB 2015

Agencies contributing to GBIF core funds
Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Benin
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Iceland
Ireland
Kenya
Madagascar
Mauritania
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Peru
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Sweden
Tanzania
Uganda
United Kingdom
Uruguay
USA
Institute d’estudis Andorrans
CONICET – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas
Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (belspo)
Laboratoire des Sciences Forestières
Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA)
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biólogicos Alexander von Humboldt
Asociación Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)
The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation
Ministry of Environment
Academy of Finland
Direction Générale pour la Recherche et l’Innovation (DGRI)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) , German Aerospace Center, BMBF
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources
National Parks & Wildlife Service
National Museums of Kenya
Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement (CNRE)
École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
The Research Council of Norway
Ministerio del Ambiente
Foundation for Science and Technology
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Ministry of the Environment
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology
Swedish Research Council
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH)
Uganda National Council for Science and Technology
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Natural History Museum, London
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Dirección de Innovación, Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (DICYT)
National Science Foundation
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Supplementary funding
University of Copenhagen (IT equipment)
I4Life
Eye on Earth
OpenUp!
EU BON
GIASIP, CBD
GBIO 4, CBD
EMODNET Biology 2
ViBRANT
Ministry of the Environment of Japan
BID - EU
Note on Agencies
Voting Participants that have financially contributed or declared their intention to contribute to GBIF core funds within the period of January 2014 until present.
Note on Supplementary funding
Projects or agencies that contributed or declared their intention to contribute to GBIF supplementary funds within the period of
January 2014 until present.
03 FEB 2015

Partner
Member, Dialogue group
Observer
Observer
Council
Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP)
Biodiversity Knowledge Network for the European Union (KNEU)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Convention on Migratory Species
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
Participant
Partner
Member, Steering committee
Partner
Partner
European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON)
Eye on Earth Biodiversity Special Initiative
Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN)
Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership (GIASIP)
Global Partnership for Plant Conservation (GPPC)
Participant
Member, Steering committee
Observer
Associate data unit
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON)
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
IOC-UNESCO International Oceanographic Data and Information
Exchange/Ocean Biogeographic Information System (IODE/OBIS)
Member, Policy & Science Board LifeWatch
9 JAN 2015