期刊名称：BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
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ISSN： | 1314-2836
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出版频率： | Continuous publication
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出版社： | PENSOFT PUBLISHERS, 12 PROF GEORGI ZLATARSKI ST, SOFIA, BULGARIA, 1700
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出版社网址： | http://www.pensoft.net
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期刊网址： | http://bdj.pensoft.net
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影响因子： | 1.225 |
| 主题范畴： | BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION |
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 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) is a community peer-reviewed, open access, comprehensive online platform, designed to accelerate publishing, dissemination and sharing of biodiversity-related data of any kind. All structural elements of the articles – text, morphological descriptions, occurrences, data tables etc. – will be treated and stored as data, in accordance with the Data Publishing Policies and Guidelines of Pensoft Publishers.
The journal will publish papers in biodiversity science containing taxonomic, floristic/faunistic, morphological, genomic, phylogenetic, ecological or environmental data on any taxon of any geological era from any part of the world with no lower or upper limit to manuscript size. For example:
- single taxon treatments and nomenclatural acts (e.g., new taxa, new taxon names, new synonyms, changes in taxonomic status, re-descriptions, etc.);
- data papers describing biodiversity-related databases, including ecological and environmental data;
- sampling reports, local observations or occasional inventories, if these contain novel data;
- local or regional checklists and inventories;
- habitat-based checklists and inventories;
- ecological and biological observations of species and communities;
- any kind of identification keys, from conventional dichotomous to multi-access interactive online keys;
- descriptions of biodiversity-related software tools.
Instructions to Authors
BDJ uses the highly automated and user-friendly ARPHA Writing Tool (AWT), which navigates you during the authoring and submission process. A Tips & Tricks practical guide to the technicalities within the tool is also available.
The submission process in BDJ starts with creating a manuscript in AWT via the Start a manuscript button. AWT offers a number of fixed yet flexible article templates for each article type available in BDJ. Please note that the article templates cannot be changed once the writing process has started.
What article types can I choose from?
Description of large datasets. Should contain a link to openly accessible described data. Alternatively, datasets can be uploaded and published as supplementary files.
Publication meant to initiate a discussion on a particular scientific topic.
Description of the experiments and their rationale used for a research outcome to be concluded and verified.
Description of an R Package including information on its purpose, installation and usage.
Description of a software or online platforms. Contains a link to an openly accessible code.
Short free-text publication meant to draw attention or criticise a previously published work. Does not include original data.
Assessment report of alien or invasive species following an IUCN-compliant species template. After publication, the article can be exported to the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD).
Online interactive identification key of a given higher taxon or species group. Contains a link to an openly accessible described online key.
Publication of a study concluding significant new and original information.
Publication of a single new taxon, new synonym, change in taxonomic status, re-description, biological / ecological observations on a single species, and others.
- Species Conservation Profiles
A single or multiple IUCN species assessment report(s) imported and edited in an IUCN-compliant species template.
Opinion article written by the senior editorial staff.
Short article (usually 3-4 pages) addressing interesting findings, unique approaches, controversial opinions, new methods or innovative technologies etc. and demands fast publication.
Manuscripts will be accepted for publication only if the following criteria are fulfilled:
- Papers and associated data must contribute to a better understanding of the topic under scrutiny. Studies that have already been published or submissions that are currently under consideration for publication elsewhere will not be accepted for publication.
- Previously published information should be considered and cited in compliance with the good academic practice. References should be complete and accurate. All figures included in manuscripts should be copyright free and duly acknowledge the original source.
- All data underpinning an article, including data tables on which graphs are produced, must be published alongside the paper, e.g. as supplementary files, or links to external repositories where data are deposited, and contain sufficient metadata to facilitate data discovery.
- Manuscripts must be submitted in English - either British/Commonwealth or American English. Authors should confirm the English language quality of their texts or alternatively request thorough linguistic editing prior to peer-review at a price. Manuscripts written in poor English are a subject of rejection prior to peer-review.
- Manuscripts should be concisely written, in a good academic style, and follow a logical sequence. The voice - active or passive - and the tense used should be consistent throughout the manuscript. Results should be clearly and concisely described and supported by the data published with the article, or data published elsewhere but linked to the article.
Materials and Methods
In line with responsible and reproducible research, as well as FAIR data principles, we highly recommend that authors describe in detail and deposit their science methods and laboratory protocols in the open access repository protocols.io.
Once deposited on protocols.io, protocols and methods will be issued a unique digital object identifier (DOI), which could be then used to link a manuscript to the relevant deposited protocol. By doing this, authors could allow for editors and peers to access the protocol when reviewing the submission to significantly expedite the process.
Furthermore, an author could open up his/her protocol to the public at the click of a button as soon as their article is published.
Stepwise instructions:
1. Prepare a detailed protocol via protocols.io.
2. Click Get DOI to assign a persistent identifier to your protocol.
3. Add the DOI link to the Methods section of your manuscript prior to submitting it for peer review.
4. Click Publish to make your protocol openly accessible as soon as your article is published (optional).
5. Update your protocols anytime.
Editorial Board
David Roberts
Senior Editor (Protozoa)
The Natural History Museum
London, United Kingdom
dmr@nomencurator.org
Kristofer M. Helgen
Senior Editor (Vertebrates)
Division of Mammals National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States of America
kristofer.helgen@adelaide.edu.au
Jiri Frank
Senior Editor (Paleontology)
National Museum
Prague, Czech Republic
jiri_frank@nm.cz
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