10.18710/WBKY7QAncin-Murguzur, Francisco JavierFrancisco JavierAncin-Murguzur0000-0002-1435-5190UiT The Arctic University of NorwayHausner, Vera HeleneVera HeleneHausner0000-0001-9825-0419UiT The Arctic University of NorwayReplication Data for: Research gaps and trends in the Arctic tundra: a topic modeling approachDataverseNO2020Earth and Environmental SciencesTopic modelingResearch gapsClimate changeSocio economic systemLatent Dirichlet AllocationAncin-Murguzur, Francisco JavierFrancisco JavierAncin-MurguzurUiT The Arctic University of NorwayUiT The Arctic University of NorwayUiT The Arctic University of NorwayUiT The Arctic University of Norway2019-11-262020-08-262020-09-292019-11-26/2019-11-26Bibliographic data10.3897/oneeco.5.e571175985981234395358821text/plaintext/plaintext/plaintype/x-r-syntax1.0CC0 1.0Climate change is affecting the biodiversity, ecosystem services and the well-being of people that live in the Arctic tundra. Understanding the societal implications and adapting to these changes depend on knowledge produced by multiple disciplines. We analysed peer-reviewed publications to identify the main research themes relating to the Arctic tundra and assessed to what extent current research build on multiple disciplines to confront the upcoming challenges of rapid environmental changes. We used a topic- modelling approach, based on the Latent Dirichlet Allocation algorithm to detect topics based on semantic similarity. We found that plant and soil ecology dominate the tundra research and are highly connected to other ecological disciplines and biophysical sciences. Despite the fivefold increase in the number of publications during the past decades, the proportion of studies that address societal implications of climate change remains low. The strong scientific interest in the tundra reflects the concern of the rapid warming of the Arctic, but few studies include the cross-disciplinary approach necessary to fully assess the implicationsR, 4.0.2TromsøThis article was supported by the Fram Center flagship Effects of climate change on ecosystems, landscape local communities and indigenous people369903Norwegian Research Council296897