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Scratchpads and the new Biodiversity Data Journal Biodiversity Data Publishing made… easier

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

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  1. Scratchpads and the new Biodiversity Data Journal Biodiversity Data Publishing made… easier Dimitris Koureas Natural History Museum London

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. The data cycle Data Collection & Generation My data is in Scratchpads Data curation Now what? / So what? Data Analysis

  5. The data cycle seamless dataworkflow Data Collection & Generation Data Publication Data curation Data Analysis

  6. Structured data Select, describe & annotate data Publication module Publish, cite, disseminate & archive data Major repositories

  7. 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/

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Assembling a manuscript • Work on multiple manuscripts • Invite differentpeopleto work ondifferent manuscripts • Managepermissions

  11. Assembling a manuscript Data included in manuscript in a structured, annotatedformat Author names and affiliations

  12. Assembling a manuscript Taxon descriptions

  13. Assembling a manuscript Specimen data

  14. Assembling a manuscript References Easily cite from your Scratchpad bibliography to compile a list of references

  15. Assembling a manuscript Figures

  16. Assembling a manuscript Tables

  17. Assembling a manuscript Texts

  18. 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

  19. Previewing your manuscript

  20. Post submission workflow WRITING REVIEWING PUBLICATION EOL Dryad GBIF PubMed Central and more . . .

  21. The Future… Later in 2013 Pensoft and Scratchpads will support publication in other journals:

  22. Data Collection & Generation Data Publication Data curation Data Analysis Thank you…

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