Data Notes: A New Article Type for Preserving and Sharing Biodiversity Data
Bruno E. Soares, Gareth B. Jenkins · 2026
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Bruno Soares and Gareth Jenkins announce a new article type, Data Notes, in a 2026 editorial. Ecological datasets often vanish through poor care and no preservation plan. The journal Ecology and Evolution will now give datasets a citable home. Notes must describe sampling design, metadata, and curation steps.
Archiving in trusted repositories is part of the deal. Structured notes make data findable and reusable by others. The move rewards scientists who document data well. Biodiversity knowledge gains a longer shelf life. Other journals may copy the format if it works. Reviewers check each note before it earns its citation record.
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| CREATOR | Bruno E. Soares, Gareth B. Jenkins |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 8 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |