Public Data Archiving in Ecology and Evolution: How Well Are We Doing?

TitlePublic Data Archiving in Ecology and Evolution: How Well Are We Doing?
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsRoche, D. G., Kruuk L. E. B., Lanfear R., & Binning S. A.
JournalPLOS Biol
Volume13
Issue11
Paginatione1002295
Date Published2015/11/10/
ISBN Number1545-7885
Keywordsarchives, Data management, Data processing, Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary genetics, Public policy, Reproducibility, Science policy, sg_data_quality, sg_data_reuse
Abstract

Careful scrutiny of one hundred studies in journals that mandate data archival reveals that over half do not comply with their journal’s data policy.

URLhttp://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002295
Short TitlePLOS Biol

Gap Area Study Type:

High-level Gap Areas:

Purpose: 
Investigated the quality of 100 datasets deposited in Dryad and "associated with nonmolecular studies in journals that commonly publish ecological and evolutionary research and have a strong PDA policy"
Method: 
Evaluated the completeness and reusability of datasets based on criteria described in the paper