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      Biodiversity data should be published, cited, and peer reviewed

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      Trends in Ecology & Evolution
      Elsevier BV

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          Concerns over data quality impede the use of public biodiversity databases and subsequent benefits to society. Data publication could follow the well-established publication process: with automated quality checks, peer review, and editorial decisions. This would improve data accuracy, reduce the need for users to 'clean' the data, and might increase data use. Authors and editors would get due credit for a peer-reviewed (data) publication through use and citation metrics. Adopting standards related to data citation, accessibility, metadata, and quality control would facilitate integration of data across data sets. Here, we propose a staged publication process involving editorial and technical quality controls, of which the final (and optional) stage includes peer review, the most meritorious publication standard in science. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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          Journal
          Trends in Ecology & Evolution
          Trends in Ecology & Evolution
          Elsevier BV
          01695347
          August 2013
          August 2013
          : 28
          : 8
          : 454-461
          Article
          10.1016/j.tree.2013.05.002
          23756105
          1350d894-4a46-4584-b9e0-e1fe599491ae
          © 2013
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