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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading