The scientific enterprise depends critically on the preservation of and open access to
published data. This basic tenet applies acutely to phylogenies (estimates of evolutionary …

Biodiversity science and conservation increasingly depend on the sharing and integration of
large amounts of data, but many researchers resist sharing their primary biodiversity data …

Background Data are the evidentiary basis for scientific hypotheses, analyses and
publication, for policy formation and for decision-making. They are essential to the …

Figure 1.(a) The percentage of articles with a female first author published in ecology and
evolutionary biology journals under single and double-blind review policies (light grey …

Claude Bernard (Bernard 1864) wrote that" art is me; science is us". This sentence has two
meanings. First, the altruism of scientists is worth more to Bernard than the self-indulgence …

To make progress scientists need to know what other researchers have found and how they
found it. However, transparency is often insufficient across much of ecology and evolution …

Natural history collections serve as important sources of biological data for scientists,
educators, and the general public. These collections are a crucial cornerstone for …

Using a database of open data policies for 199 journals in ecology and evolution, we found
no detectable link between data sharing requirements and article retractions or corrections …

There is a fundamental dilemma embedded in database creation and management. At least
on a perceptual level, the benefits derived from a database are greater for the user of the …

Genetic diversity within species represents a fundamental yet underappreciated level of
biodiversity. Because genetic diversity can indicate species resilience to changing climate …