We are happy to have the opportunity to reproduce here, with permission, the full text of the recent editorial by Trish Groves and Fiona Godlee in BMJ entitled “Open Science and Reproducible Research” [BMJ 2012; 344:e4383], which also announces an expanded partnership between … Continue reading
We are experimenting with a nimble new format for our newsletter, in which each item consists of an individual blog post. All the news items are also available in one PDF document if you’d prefer. Stakeholder governance. “The scientific, educational, … Continue reading
“The scientific, educational, and charitable mission of Dryad is to promote the availability of data underlying findings in the scientific literature for research and educational reuse. The vision of Dryad is a scholarly communication system in which learned societies, publishers, … Continue reading
An important milestone was reached when the Dryad organization officially recently adopted a cost recovery plan to ensure Dryad’s sustainability. The plan was the result of several years of deliberation among Dryad’s Interim Partners, experts in sustainability, and many prospective … Continue reading
Dryad’s new governance structure and cost recovery plan emerged from a consultation process that culminated in a meeting of the Dryad Interim Board in Vancouver, Canada in July 2011. This was the third and final meeting of this temporary governing … Continue reading
A number of enhancements to the repository have been made in recent months, including these three that were in high demand from users: First, we have modified our submission process to enable the data to be deposited prior to editorial … Continue reading
In recent months, more journals have implemented submission integration with Dryad to make data archiving easier for authors. Technically, the process entails setting up semi-automated communications between Dryad and the manuscript submission system of the journal. Currently 24 journals have … Continue reading