Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1098/rspb.2025.1394 |
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| Title (Primary) | From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution |
| Author | Ivimey-Cook, E.R.; Sánchez-Tójar, A.; Berberi, I.; Culina, A.; Roche, D.G.; Almeida, R.A.; Amin, B.; Bairos-Novak, K.R.; Harshbarger, A.E.; Hovstad, K.A.; Martin, J.M.; Martinig, A.R.; Masoero, G.; Moodie, I.R.; Moreau, D.; O'Dea, R.E.; Paquet, M.; Pick, J.L.; Rizvi, T.; Silva, I.; Szabo, B.; Takola, E.
; Thoré, E.S.J.; Verberk, W.C.E.P.; Windecker, S.M.; Winter, G.; Zajková, Z.; Zeiss, R.; Moran, N.P. |
| Source Titel | Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences |
| Year | 2025 |
| Department | CLE |
| Volume | 292 |
| Page From | art. 2055 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Data and Software links | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15534781 |
| Supplements | https://ndownloader.figstatic.com/files/57163366 |
| Keywords | open science; journal policy; reproducibility; replicability; transparency; peer review |
| Abstract | Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and code-sharing policies are, how accessible they are, and whether journals support data and code peer review. Here, we first assessed the clarity, strictness and timing of data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals in ecology and evolution. Second, we assessed initial compliance to journal policies using submissions from two journals: Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Mar 2023–Feb 2024: n = 2340) and Ecology Letters (Jun 2021–Nov 2023: n = 571). Our results indicate the need for improvement: across 275 journals, 22.5% encouraged and 38.2% mandated data-sharing, while 26.6% encouraged and 26.9% mandated code-sharing. Journals that mandated data- or code-sharing typically required it for peer review (59.0% and 77.0%, respectively), which decreased when journals only encouraged sharing (40.3% and 24.7%, respectively). Our evaluation of policy compliance confirmed the important role of journals in increasing data- and code-sharing but also indicated the need for meaningful changes to enhance reproducibility. We provide seven recommendations to help improve data- and code-sharing, and policy compliance. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=31458 |
| Ivimey-Cook, E.R., Sánchez-Tójar, A., Berberi, I., Culina, A., Roche, D.G., Almeida, R.A., Amin, B., Bairos-Novak, K.R., Harshbarger, A.E., Hovstad, K.A., Martin, J.M., Martinig, A.R., Masoero, G., Moodie, I.R., Moreau, D., O'Dea, R.E., Paquet, M., Pick, J.L., Rizvi, T., Silva, I., Szabo, B., Takola, E., Thoré, E.S.J., Verberk, W.C.E.P., Windecker, S.M., Winter, G., Zajková, Z., Zeiss, R., Moran, N.P. (2025): From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution Proc. R. Soc. B-Biol. Sci. 292 , art. 2055 10.1098/rspb.2025.1394 |
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