将物种描述归类为电子补充信息将对分类学至关重要的数据置于危险之中
Diana O Fisher1, Stephen M Jackson2, Kenny J Travouillon3
1University of Queensland Brisbane Australia.
Ecology and evolution
|September 30, 2025
概括
种类描述细节,包括分子和形态分析,越来越多地丢失在电子补充信息中. 在附录中发布这些关键数据,确保它们的长期可访问性,用于分类学研究.
科学领域:
- 纳税学是一种分类学.
- 生物多样性研究 生物多样性研究
- 科学出版科学出版
背景情况:
- 科学出版业日益增长的趋势是将详细的物种描述数据,如分子和形态分析,放置在电子补充信息 (eSI) 中.
- 这种做法可能会导致关键数据的永久丢失或无法访问,阻碍分类学研究和生物多样性评估.
- 自2012年以来,非专业期刊中的大量物种描述已经将大量材料纳入eSI.
研究的目的:
- 为了突出与将物种描述细节降为电子补充信息 (eSI) 相关的风险.
- 倡导对分类学数据进行可访问和永久的存档.
- 提出一种实际的解决方案,以保持非专业期刊中物种描述的完整性.
主要方法:
- 分析自2012年以来非专业期刊的出版趋势.
- 评估转移到电子补充信息 (eSI) 的数据类型.
- 评估eSI内部数据的长期可访问性和可发现性,与附加格式相比.
主要成果:
- 自2012年以来,非专业期刊中大约50%的物种描述包含了eSI中的重要数据.
- 放置在eSI中的数据容易分离和潜在丢失,从而损害了物种描述的完整性.
- 由于目前的出版实践,标本和测量的长期可用性受到威胁.
结论:
- 标本身份和测量的永久可用性对于分类学描述至关重要.
- 在附录中发布详细的物种描述数据附加到主要文本是eSI的一个简单而有效的替代方案.
- 这种方法确保了数据的完整性和永久性可访问性,特别是对于非专业期刊.
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