Scratchpads and the new Biodiversity Data Journal
Biodiversity Data Publishing made… easier
Dimitris KoureasNatural History Museum London
Publications based on countless
specimens, images, maps, keys and datasets
Current taxonomic data production
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
Data curation
Data Collection &Generation
Data Analysis
My data is in Scratchpads
The data cycle
Now what? / So what?
Data curation
Data Publication
Data Collection &Generation
seamless
data workflow
Data Analysis
The data cycle
Structured data
Publish, cite,disseminate & archive data
Select, describe & annotate
dataPublication module
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 templates for publishing...• Taxon treatments• Nomenclatural acts • Checklists / inventories• Identification keys and trees• Metadata descriptions of databases• Descriptions of software tools
Scratchpads Publication Module
Easy & intuitive• Draws on data from your site• Pre-submission validation• Submitted as structured XML• No reformatting
• Work on multiple manuscripts
• Invite different people to work on different manuscripts
• Manage permissions
Assembling a manuscript
Author names and affiliations
Data included in manuscript in a structured, annotated format
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
Assembling a manuscript
XMLFigures and Tables
Keys
References
Text
The publication module
Author names and affiliations
Taxon descriptions
Specimen data
Supplementary files
Structured Data from your Scratchpad
Previewing your manuscript
Post submission workflow
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and more . . .
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The Future…
Later in 2013 Pensoft and Scratchpads will support publication in other journals:
Thank you…
Data curation
Data Publication
Data Collection &Generation
Data Analysis