Towards open, reliable, and transparent ecology and evolutionary biology

Rose E. O’Dea* (Corresponding author), Timothy H. Parker, Yung En Chee, Antica Culina, Szymon M. Drobniak, David H. Duncan, Fiona Fidler, Elliot Gould, Malika Ihle, Clint D. Kelly, Malgorzata Lagisz, Dominique G. Roche, Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar, David P. Wilkinson, Bonnie C. Wintle, Shinichi Nakagawa

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Abstract

Unreliable research programmes waste funds, time, and even the lives of the organisms we seek to help and understand. Reducing this waste and increasing the value of scientific evidence require changing the actions of both individual researchers and the institutions they depend on for employment and promotion. While ecologists and evolutionary biologists have somewhat improved research transparency over the past decade (e.g. more data sharing), major obstacles remain. In this commentary, we lift our gaze to the horizon to imagine how researchers and institutions can clear the path towards more credible and effective research programmes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number68
JournalBMC Biology
Volume19
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2021

Keywords

  • international
  • Plan_S-Compliant-OA

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