Introduction to Data Papers
Lizanne Roxburgh
Senior Scientist, Endangered Wildlife TrustAfrican Biodiversity Challenge••••••••••••••••

Journals that publish biodiversity-related
data papers
Publisher

Arxius de MiscellàniaZoològica
Biodiversity Data
Journal
BioInvasions Records
BioRiskNat Hist Museum ofYes
Barcelona€0-Pensoft

Yes

€300-

REABIC Journals
Yes
Pensoft
Yes
Humboldt Institute,
Yes
Colombia
Biomed Central
Yes
Biomed Central
Yes
SpringerOpen
Yes
Biotaxa
Yes
Chinese Academy
Yesof Sciences
Elsevier
Yes
MDPI Open Access
YesJournals

€600
€300

0.835-€0-€1,745€1,745€600€272.896
3.964
1.452-

€458-

€458-

€0-

Biota Colombiana

BMC Ecology
BMC Plant Biology
Botanical Studies
Check List
China Scientific Data
Data in Brief
Data

Open Access

Impact factor(2016)

JournalPublication cost

Journals that publish biodiversity-related
data papers
JournalEarth System Science
Data
F1000 Research
The Freshwater
Metadata Journal
Geoscience Data
JournalGigaScience
MycoKeys
Nature Conservation
NeoBiota
PhytoKeys
PLOS ONE
Scientific Data

Taxon

Impact factor(2016)

Publisher

Open AccessPublication costCopernicus GmbHYes

€06.696

F1000 Research Ltd Yes
Univ of Nat Res &Yes
Life Sci, Vienna€917-€0-WileyYes€1,200

2.800

Yes

€924

6.871

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

€550
€550
€550
€550
€1,370

3.000
1.355
1.116
2.806

Yes

€1,0504.836

Yes€1,8002.450

Oxford UniversityPress
PensoftPensoftPensoftPensoftPlos
Nature PublishingGroupInternat. Assoc.
Plant Taxonomists

Examples of journals that publish data papers

Nature Conservation
Mobilize ideas and data in all
aspects of conservation of nature
http://www.pensoft.net/journals/natureconservation/
Biodiversity Data Journal
Biodiversity science containing taxonomic,
floristic/faunistic, morphological, genomic,
phylogenetic, ecological or environmental dataon any taxon of any geological age from any
part of the world
http://www.pensoft.net/journals/bdj/

Journals that publish data papers
PhytoKeys - systematic
botanyhttp://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys/
MycoKeys - systematics andbiology of fungi (includinglichens)
http://www.pensoft.net/journals/mycokeys/
ZooKeys - systematic zoology,
phylogeny and biogeography
http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/ETC ....

Journals that publish data papers
African Biodiversity andConservation (ABC) Journal
http://www.abcjournal.org
Data papers are a new article type, andare not advertised on their website yetNo publication charges

Journals that publish data papers
Scientific Data
(published by Springer Nature)
www.nature.com/sdata/
Scientific Data is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for
descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, and research that
advances the sharing and reuse of scientific data. We aim to promotewider data sharing and reuse, and to credit those that share.

Data descriptor = Data paper
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Data paper sections
Introduction*
General description*
Purpose*Additional Information

Project description*
Title*

Geographic coverage*
Description*
Coordinates (bounding
coordinates, minimum andmaximum latitude and longitude)

Traits coverage (optional)

Personnel*
Study area description*
Design description*
Funding*

Sampling methods
Study extent; Sampling
description; Quality control; Stepdescription

Temporal coverage*
Date rangeNotes

Data paper sections
Collection data (optional)Collection nameCollection identifier
Parent collection identifier
Specimen preservation method
Curatorial unit

Usage rights*
Use licence*
IP rights notes

Data resources*
Data package title*
Resource link

Alternative identifiers
Number of data sets*

Additional information(e.g. papers published from thedataset already)Acknowledgements
Author contributions
References*
Supplementary files
Figures
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