Incentives for Biodiversity Data Publishing

June 2011

Data Paper: What is it?

• A scholarly journal publication whose primary purpose is to describe a dataset or group of datasets, rather than to report a research investigation.

• Benefits of the Data Paper– Scholarly credit to Data Publishers– Describe the data in structured human readable form– Bring the existence of the data to the attention of the

scholarly community

Data Paper: Incentivising Data Discovery

Reward data publishing

Data PaperMetadata document

Step-by-Step process of Data Paper (1)

• Complete metadata of a dataset using metadata editor in IPT 2.0.2

• Generate ‘Data Paper’ manuscript (menu: Manage Resource – RTF Download)

• Submit the manuscript for possible publication in one of the PenSoft publication (ZooKeys, PhytoKeys, BioRisks, NeoBiota).

• Revision (if any) is carried out using metadata editor in IPT 2.0.2 and manuscript re-submitted to PenSoft Open Journal System

Step-by-Step process of Data Paper (2)

• Once accepted:– Digital Object Identifier is assigned to the Data Paper– Paper is published in (a) print format, (b) PDF format,

(c) semantically enhanced HTML, and (d) XML is archived in PubMedCentral

– DoI of the Data Paper is linked with the Persistent Identifier of the metadata document in the GBIF Registry

– Data Paper is indexed by Web of Knowledge (ISI), PubMedCentral, Scopus, Zoological Record, Google Scholar, CAB Abstracts, Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ), EBSCO.

Important issues to consider

• Metadata is complete in all the respect

• All the claims are adequately substantiated

• Data described in ‘Data Paper’ is freely available at the time of submission of the manuscript

Resources for Authoring Data Paper

• List of IPT installations supporting ‘Data Paper’ authoringhttp://tools.gbif.org/data-paper-authoring

• PenSoft’s IPT based data Hosting Centerhttp://ipt.pensoft.net/ipt

• PenSoft Data Publishing Policies and Guidelines for Biodiversity Datahttp://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/Pensoft_Data_Publishing_Policies_and_Guidelines.pdf