Publishing data papers in Annals of Forest Science: detailed guidelines for a smooth preparation and submission
Annals of Forest Science is proud to announce that a detailed procedure is now available for submitting data papers. The procedure we propose is easy and flexible. It is described in details in the flyer above.
Basically, if you intend to submit a data paper, please make sure that the data set is available in a specific repository (any repository that fits your criteria) and is identified with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). You need :
(i) to prepare a metadata file providing a clear description of the data set (a template is available with this link https://metadata-afs.nancy.inra.fr/ressources/ to prepare it);
(ii) to write a short, descriptive manuscript to describe it. To help you prepare the manuscript, we also provide templates that do guide you to allow smooth writing and organisation of the content of the paper (https://metadata-afs.nancy.inra.fr/ressources/).
You then submit the manuscript and the metadata file to Annals of Forest Science via Editorial Manager (https://www.editorialmanager.com/afsc). The manuscript will be handled by an associate editor.
For further help and information, please contact Marianne Peiffer (annforsci@inra.fr).
Publishing accurate and timely data papers and providing interesting, shared and reusable data is an important step towards open science. The data paper will contribute to your recognition as contributor to ongoing science given that large scale data sets are an invaluable contribution to science.
The editorial board of Annals of Forest Science.
Champenoux, November 20, 2015.
The flyer was prepared by Marianne Peiffer and Yves Bernardi.
Read the related post on our blog : “Guidelines for reviewing a data paper“
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Un guide intéressant et bien fait. Une question: Quand vous dites “If you are with Inra, there will be the possibility to use the DOI service.”
Quel est ce service, et qui fournit les DOI ?
Merci.
Inra has set up a DOI-providing service for all staff members.
Quelques précisions sur le processus d’attribution de DOI par l’Inra en réponse à la question d’Herbert Grutemeyer:
Le processus mis en place par l’Inra s’appuie sur le service DOI de l’INIST (CNRS, France) qui agit en tant qu’agence de DataCite et nous fournit l’infrastructure nécessaire pour gérer les DOI et les métadonnées associées.
L’Inra met en oeuvre les outils et services nécessaires:
1. pour générer des DOI uniques à partir d’un suffixe ; ces DOI étant ensuite enregistrés auprès de DataCite qui les active et offre un accès public aux métadonnées associées via sa plateforme MDS (Metadata Store);
2. faciliter la saisie des métadonnées associées aux ressources identfiées
3. vérifier la qualité de ces métadonnées
4. garantir la pérennité des liens DOI vers les ressources identifiées.
Ce processus est nouveau pour nous, et nous allons pouvoir les tester.
Dear all,
If we are INRA members, where can we deposit the data base ? Is “HAL” (https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/) an admissible site for this ?
Thank you,
Lisa Shindo
(sorry : “if we are NOT inra members…”)
If you are not inra member and you are trying to find a data repository
re3data (http://www.re3data.org/) will help you find the right repository (among 1,500 research data repositories)
Zenodo is for instance appearing on the re3data’s list of data repositories
If you are interested by Zenodo please note a blog post (in french) that you might find interesting !
https://ist.blogs.inra.fr/questionreponses/2016/04/07/deposer-dans-zenodo-quelques-questions/
If needed AFS provide personalised assistance at ann.for.sci@nancy.inra.fr