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Archive for January, 2010

Linking big

Posted in Data sharing, Uncategorized, tagged on 2010/01/18 | Leave a Comment »

A new commentary piece, Linking big: the continuing promise of evolutionary synthesis,  in the journal Evolution describes the promise of “synthetic science,”  which includes re-use of data sets,  research results, or unconnected methods or concepts,  leading to new discoveries or trends.    The authors, who all are affiliated with the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent),  argue [...]

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Editorial on data archiving

Posted in Data sharing, Uncategorized, tagged on 2010/01/14 | 1 Comment »

A strong editorial on data archiving is now available online in the February issue of The American Naturalist. Authors Michael C. Whitlock, Mark A. McPeek, Mark D. Rausher, Loren Rieseberg, and Allen J. Moore present the case for the importance of data archiving in science.   This is the first of several coordinated editorials soon to appear in major journals: To promote the preservation and [...]

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Making data submission (almost) as easy as falling off a log.

Posted in Dryad features, tagged on 2010/01/12 | 3 Comments »

In order to make data submission to Dryad as easy as possible for authors, the system piggybacks in an innovative way on the journal submission process.  The key is that most authors will be submitting their data to Dryad immediately after they learn that their final manuscript has been accepted by the journal.  Through behind-the-scenes [...]

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