Dataset pertaining to 'Biodiversity in Mountain Soils above the Treeline'

This dataset is an annotated bibliographic collection derived from the Web of Science, comprising scientific papers related to biodiversity in soils above the treeline in temperate mountain regions worldwide. It was developed to support the analysis presented in the publication "Biodiversity in Mountain Soils above the Tree Line" (www.doi.org/10.1111/brv.70028). The original dataset was generated by combining groups of search terms for 'soil', 'biodiversity', and 'alpine (high mountain) regions'. The complete search strings used are provided in the publication's Supplementary Information. Each paper in the dataset was annotated through text mining, using curated reference lists of soil organisms, mountain regions and ranges, and research fields. Taxa were extracted using the Global Names Architecture and assigned to one of seven main organismal groups discussed in this publication. Individual papers were then attributed to organismal groups based on the weighed frequency of taxon mentions in the title and abstract. Geographic attribution was performed by identifying mountain range names based on the GMBA Mountain Inventory v.2.0, and other place-based features (e.g., countries, protected areas). Individual papers were then linked to one of 11 main mid-latitude alpine regions discussed in the publication. Research foci were derived from weighted keyword frequencies in the title and abstract. The annotated metadata were used to generate the summary statistics, maps, and figures included in the paper. For detailed information on the annotation methods, classification logic, and analytical outputs, please refer to the publication "Biodiversity in Mountain Soils above the Tree Line" (see 'Related Works' below).