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Evidence of the Matthew effect in scientific research on mammals in the Chinese First-class National Protected Animals list

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We thank the reviewer that has substantially improved the clarity of our manuscript. This work is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31200245) and Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 2014386).

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    1. Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 23 Xinning Road, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China

      He Zhang, Yanping Hu, Yanming Zhang & Wenjing Li

    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China

      He Zhang & Wenjing Li

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    Appendix 1: Details with the number of publications related to each FNPA mammal from 1989 to 2013. Supplementary material 1 (XLSX 20 kb)

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    Zhang, H., Hu, Y., Zhang, Y. et al. Evidence of the Matthew effect in scientific research on mammals in the Chinese First-class National Protected Animals list. Biodivers Conserv 24, 2883–2886 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0983-8

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