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Making small data big!The Biodiversity Data
Journal (BDJ)
Lyubomir Penev, Teodor Georgiev, Pavel Stoev, David Roberts, Vincent Smith
ViBRANT
Estimated ca 1.8 Mio articles per annum, not counting the grey
literature!
We need to encourage taxonomists to mobilize & describe their data, especially small dataThis takes considerable effort (e.g. GBIF, Scratchpads experience)“Arguably” this is best rewarded through creditThis means papers and citationsProcess must be very easy for authorsProcess must facilitate data reuseMeet “Open Data” policy commitments
The Biodiversity Data Journal is very different…
So, why do we need another new journal?
Key features Collaborative article authoring Online peer-review and editing Community peer review; options
for “open” and “public” review Standard-compliant (DwC, NLM
DTD) Biological Codes compliant
article templates No lower/upper limit of
manuscript size Semantically enhanced “articles
of the future” Integrated with GBIF, EOL,
Dryad Scratchpads, etc.
ALL DATA MATTERS!
Workflow
COMMUNITY PEER-REVIEW (OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC AND
OPEN REVIEW)ALL ONLINE!
COLLABORATIVE ARTICLE AUTHORING (PENSOFT WRITING
TOOL)
MANUSCRIPT PUBLISHEDXML TEXT + DATA
Authors, Reviewers, Editors, Mentors, Copyeditors
XML submission
Revisions online
ARTICLESOccurr-
ence dataTaxon namesTaxon treatments
Plazi Wiki COL
Biblio-graphies
Automated registration
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED
XML Response
ARTICLEPUBLISHED
Taxon name available/valid (effectively published)
XML article metadata
XML Query
Peer review
Multiple Data Publishing Model of BDJ
1. Supplementary data files downloadable from the journals’ website
2. Data deposited at specialized data repositories (Dryad, Pangaea)
3. Data published through data repositories but indexed and collated with other data (GenBank, GBIF IPT)
4. Data published in the form of marked-up and machine-readable text.
5. Extended use of multimedia and semantic enhancements
What will BDJ publish?
Single taxon treatments and nomenclatural acts Local/regional and habitat-based checklistsSampling reports and occasional inventoriesEcological and biological observations of species and communitiesIdentification keys Data papers for any biodiversity-related type of data (genomic, phylogenetic, ecological, environmental, etc.)Descriptions of biodiversity-related software tools and workflows
Recruiting editors now!
Pensoft Writing Tool (PWT)
Collaborative online editing Rich text capabilities Various templates for taxon treatments Identification keys builder
Assembling plates from single figures References import (CrossRef, PubMed Central, etc.)
Species occurrence data import (Darwin Core compliant) Smart citation for figures, tables, references & automated positioning
Taxon treatment
Interactive key
Checklist
Data paper
Template based
manuscript creation
Coauthors
Lead author
ContribitorsMentor, lingustic editor, copy editor, colleague
Several more features
ID Keypreview
Multi-figure plate builder Plate layout
ID Keybuilder
Manuscript preview
Why publish in the BDJ?
Joining (small) data into a large data poolOpen-access, archiving and re-using your dataCitation record for data through peer-reviewed publicationsEasy online authoring/editorial process for authors, reviewers and editorsInnovative dissemination of atomized contentVery low-cost! Free in the launch phase, thereafter at fee that anyone can afford!
Coming in two months!
Editor Application Form http://www.pensoft.net/journals/bdj/editor_form.html