Fig. 1.

Trends in the number of publications by User and Provider countries engaged in marine bioprospecting between 1965 and 2015. Countries were ranked by their total number of publications as user (A) or provider (B). The top 10 in each category were color-coded (for ranks, see SI Appendix, Fig. S2). In addition, User and Provider countries were color-coded to demonstrate patterns of relevance, such as increasing or decreasing trends in publications or authorship, in a total of 23 highlighted countries. The remaining 55 countries grouped as “Other” show only a small number of publications or have a fragmented publication record. For a similar overview of these countries, see SI Appendix, Fig. S4. The vertical line indicates the time point of enforcement of the CBD convention (December 31,1993).