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Scratchpads and the new Biodiversity Data Journal Biodiversity Data Publishing made… easier. Dimitris Koureas Natural History Museum London. Current taxonomic data production. Publications based on countless specimens , images, maps, keys and datasets.
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Scratchpads and the new Biodiversity Data Journal Biodiversity Data Publishing made… easier Dimitris Koureas Natural History Museum London
Current taxonomic data production Publications based on countless specimens, images, maps, keysand datasets Figure from Costello M.J et al, 2013. doi: 10.1126/science.1230318
On the other hand: Estimates of 7.5 million species still undescribed1 1How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean? Mora C et al. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001127
The data cycle Data Collection & Generation My data is in Scratchpads Data curation Now what? / So what? Data Analysis
The data cycle seamless dataworkflow Data Collection & Generation Data Publication Data curation Data Analysis
Structured data Select, describe & annotate data Publication module Publish, cite, disseminate & archive data Major repositories
Biodiversity Data Journal • New, Open Access data journal • Launches in 2013 • Supports the full life cycle of a manuscript • Writing, submission, review, publication & dissemination • Structured, reusable, standardized data • Linked to Scratchpads via Publication Module http://biodiversitydatajournal.com/
What will BDJ publish? • Single taxon treatments and nomenclatural acts • Local or regional checklists • Sampling reports and occasional inventories • Habitat-based checklists and inventories • Ecological and biological observations • Single identification keys • Biodiversity-related databases, including genomic, ecological and environmental data (data papers) • Biodiversity-related software tools & software documentation
Scratchpads Publication Module • Scratchpads templates for publishing... • Taxon treatments • Nomenclatural acts • Checklists / inventories • Identification keys and trees • Metadata descriptions of databases • Descriptions of software tools • Easy & intuitive • Draws on data from your site • Pre-submission validation • Submitted as structured XML • No reformatting
Assembling a manuscript • Work on multiple manuscripts • Invite differentpeopleto work ondifferent manuscripts • Managepermissions
Assembling a manuscript Data included in manuscript in a structured, annotatedformat Author names and affiliations
Assembling a manuscript Taxon descriptions
Assembling a manuscript Specimen data
Assembling a manuscript References Easily cite from your Scratchpad bibliography to compile a list of references
Assembling a manuscript Figures
Assembling a manuscript Tables
Assembling a manuscript Texts
The publication module Structured Data from your Scratchpad Author names and affiliations Taxon descriptions Specimen data Supplementary files Figures and Tables XML Keys References Text
Post submission workflow WRITING REVIEWING PUBLICATION EOL Dryad GBIF PubMed Central and more . . .
The Future… Later in 2013 Pensoft and Scratchpads will support publication in other journals:
Data Collection & Generation Data Publication Data curation Data Analysis Thank you…