Dr. Robert Montgomerie Queen's University Data Rules Blurb: We are in the midst of a revolution in science where data rules. The previous rulers—ideas, publications, and analysis) are still with us but have matured to a state of some stability. The open science movement and the availability of online public data repositories for the past decade is transforming the publication process. As a result, a data repository is now a frequent requirement for publication and is widely accepted as deserving separate credit (and DOI) as a scientific contribution. But data repositories are messy and often incomplete and difficult to use. In July 2021, I started a new position—possibly unique in science—as data editor for The American Naturalist. So far I have handled 63 manuscripts, reviewing the data and code for each accepted paper and providing a list of recommendations to the authors. In this seminar I will summarize what I have learned so far. i will also provide a list of 10 guidelines—data rules—that I hope will make data repositories most useful.
Bio: Bob Montgomerie is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology at Queen’s University where he taught for 40 years before hanging up his skates at the end of 2019. Actually, unlike hockey players who do hang up their skates he is still skating (doing research in evolutionary and behavioural ecology) but is no longer coaching (teaching, mentoring) or managing (admin) his team. Comments are closed.
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