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From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution

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Titel: From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution
Autoren: Ivimey-Cook, Edward R., Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo, Berberi, Ilias, Culina, Antica, Roche, Dominique G., A. Almeida, Rafaela, Amin, Bawan, Bairos-Novak, Kevin R., Balti, Heikel, Bertram, Michael G., Bliard, Louis, Byrne, Ilha, Chan, Ying-Chi, Cioffi, William R., Corbel, Quentin, Elsy, Alexander D., Florko, Katie R. N., Gould, Elliot, Grainger, Matthew J., Harshbarger, Anne E., Hovstad, Knut Anders, Martin, Jake M., Martinig, April Robin, Masoero, Giulia, Moodie, Iain R., Moreau, David, O'Dea, Rose E., Paquet, Matthieu, Pick, Joel L., Rizvi, Tuba, Silva, Inês, Szabo, Birgit, Takola, Elina, Thoré, Eli S. J., Verberk, Wilco C. E. P., Windecker, Saras M., Winter, Gabe, Zajková, Zuzana, Zeiss, Romy, Moran, Nicholas Patrick
Weitere Verfasser: Lund University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Sections at the Department of Biology, Biodiversity and Evolution, Lunds universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Biologiska institutionen, Avdelningar vid Biologiska institutionen, Biodiversitet och evolution, Originator, Lund University, Profile areas and other strong research environments, Strategic research areas (SRA), BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate, Lunds universitet, Profilområden och andra starka forskningsmiljöer, Strategiska forskningsområden (SFO), BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate, Originator, Lund University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Research groups at the Department of Biology, Population biology, micro- and macroevolution, Lunds universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Biologiska institutionen, Forskargrupper vid Biologiska institutionen, Populationsbiologi, mikro- och makroevolution, Originator
Quelle: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292(2055)
Schlagwörter: Natural Sciences, Computer and Information Sciences, Other Computer and Information Science, Naturvetenskap, Data- och informationsvetenskap (Datateknik), Annan data- och informationsvetenskap
Beschreibung: Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and code-sharing policies are, how accessible they are, and whether journals support data and code peer review. Here, we first assessed the clarity, strictness and timing of data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals in ecology and evolution. Second, we assessed initial compliance to journal policies using submissions from two journals: Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Mar 2023–Feb 2024: n = 2340) and Ecology Letters (Jun 2021–Nov 2023: n = 571). Our results indicate the need for improvement: across 275 journals, 22.5% encouraged and 38.2% mandated data-sharing, while 26.6% encouraged and 26.9% mandated code-sharing. Journals that mandated data- or code-sharing typically required it for peer review (59.0% and 77.0%, respectively), which decreased whenjournals only encouraged sharing (40.3% and 24.7%, respectively). Our evaluation of policy compliance confirmed the important role of journals in increasing data- and code-sharing but also indicated the need for meaningful changes to enhance reproducibility. We provide seven recommendations to help improve data- and code-sharing, and policy compliance.
Zugangs-URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1394
Datenbank: SwePub
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Abstract:Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and code-sharing policies are, how accessible they are, and whether journals support data and code peer review. Here, we first assessed the clarity, strictness and timing of data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals in ecology and evolution. Second, we assessed initial compliance to journal policies using submissions from two journals: Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Mar 2023–Feb 2024: n = 2340) and Ecology Letters (Jun 2021–Nov 2023: n = 571). Our results indicate the need for improvement: across 275 journals, 22.5% encouraged and 38.2% mandated data-sharing, while 26.6% encouraged and 26.9% mandated code-sharing. Journals that mandated data- or code-sharing typically required it for peer review (59.0% and 77.0%, respectively), which decreased whenjournals only encouraged sharing (40.3% and 24.7%, respectively). Our evaluation of policy compliance confirmed the important role of journals in increasing data- and code-sharing but also indicated the need for meaningful changes to enhance reproducibility. We provide seven recommendations to help improve data- and code-sharing, and policy compliance.
ISSN:14712954
DOI:10.1098/rspb.2025.1394