**Aim**: To perform a range of meta-analyses into the published Palaeontology literature.
Open Paleo is an open project that anyone can contribute to on [GitHub](https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/OpenPaleo/). All data sources, methods, code, and results are openly shared for collaboration and inspection as the project evolves.
We strongly encourage others to participate in the project, propose their own ideas, and to contribute or re-use any of the data or other information available here.
##Project concept
The idea of this project is to perform a range of meta-analyses into the published Palaeontology literature. This will include looking at factors such as:
This project will include looking at factors such as:
* Quantitative analysis of the 'openness' of Palaeontology research.
* Citation frequencies for different journals, compared to their impact factors.
* Whether an 'Open Access citation advantage' exists for Palaeontology.
Ultimately, this information might prove useful in developing standards, protocols, and best practices for palaeontological research and publishing.
Two research papers have already come out of this project:
1. [An overview of Open Access publishing in palaeontology](https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2019/2548-open-access-in-palaeontology), Tennant and Lomax (2019)
2. [Open Science in Dinosaur Paleontology](https://paleorxiv.org/wzfpb), Tennant and Farke (2019)
@@ -34,7 +41,7 @@ Ultimately, this information might prove useful in developing standards, protoco
###Google Scholar - COMPLETED
Journal selection was for the top-20 cited Paleontology journals according to [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=top_venues&hl=en&vq=soc_paleontology).
Journal selection was for the top-20 cited Paleontology journals according to [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=top_venues&hl=en&vq=soc_paleontology) in 2018.
###Scopus - COMPLETED
@@ -81,7 +88,8 @@ online resources. [Scholia](https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.04222) gives an idea what
<p><strong>Aim</strong>: To perform a range of meta-analyses into the published Palaeontology literature.</p>
<p>Open Paleo is an open project that anyone can contribute to on <ahref="https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/OpenPaleo/">GitHub</a>. All data sources, methods, code, and results are openly shared for collaboration and inspection as the project evolves.</p>
<p>We strongly encourage others to participate in the project, propose their own ideas, and to contribute or re-use any of the data or other information available here.</p>
<divid="project-concept"class="section level2">
<h2>Project concept</h2>
<p>The idea of this project is to perform a range of meta-analyses into the published Palaeontology literature. This will include looking at factors such as:</p>
<p>This project will include looking at factors such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Quantitative analysis of the ‘openness’ of Palaeontology research.</li>
<li>Citation frequencies for different journals, compared to their impact factors.</li>
<li>Whether an ‘Open Access citation advantage’ exists for Palaeontology.</li>
</ul>
<p>Ultimately, this information might prove useful in developing standards, protocols, and best practices for palaeontological research and publishing.</p>
<p>Two research papers have already come out of this project:</p>
<olstyle="list-style-type: decimal">
<li><p><ahref="https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2019/2548-open-access-in-palaeontology">An overview of Open Access publishing in palaeontology</a>, Tennant and Lomax (2019)</p></li>
<li><p><ahref="https://paleorxiv.org/wzfpb">Open Science in Dinosaur Paleontology</a>, Tennant and Farke (2019)</p></li>
<p>Journal selection was for the top-20 cited Paleontology journals according to <ahref="https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=top_venues&hl=en&vq=soc_paleontology">Google Scholar</a>.</p>
<p>Journal selection was for the top-20 cited Paleontology journals according to <ahref="https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=top_venues&hl=en&vq=soc_paleontology">Google Scholar</a> in 2018.</p>
**Aim**: To investigate and improve the transparency of peer review in palaeontological journals.
Peer review is widely considered fundamental to maintaining the rigour and validity of scholarly research. However, the process is often opaque, which can introduce bias into reporting standards for research, which reduces the overall quality of the published record.
Presently, peer review is a non-standardised process, either across or within disciplines. Training and support is generally lacking, and it is often the case that reviewers, through no fault of their own, are unaware of the critical questions to be asking with respect to research design, methods, reporting, and analysis.
@@ -12,4 +14,13 @@ The aim of the Peer Review Transparency, therefore, is to create a community-cra
There is a great potential for such guidelines to become commonly adopted, to help strengthen the overall review process, while acting as an educational resource for reviewers. We anticipate that this will help to reduce bias and increase transparency, overall increasing the health of peer review in Palaeontology, and therefore become a valuable resource for the global Palaeontology community.
Key papers related to this project can be found [here](https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/Peer-Review-Transparency/tree/master/Key%20papers).
Key papers related to this project can be found [here](https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/Peer-Review-Transparency/tree/master/Key%20papers).
##Contributing
Peer Review Transparency is an open project that anyone can contribute to on [GitHub](https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/Peer-Review-Transparency). All data sources, methods, code, and results are openly shared for collaboration and inspection as the project evolves.
We strongly encourage others to participate in the project, propose their own ideas, and to contribute or re-use any of the data or other information available here.
<p><strong>Aim</strong>: To investigate and improve the transparency of peer review in palaeontological journals.</p>
<p>Peer review is widely considered fundamental to maintaining the rigour and validity of scholarly research. However, the process is often opaque, which can introduce bias into reporting standards for research, which reduces the overall quality of the published record.</p>
<p>Presently, peer review is a non-standardised process, either across or within disciplines. Training and support is generally lacking, and it is often the case that reviewers, through no fault of their own, are unaware of the critical questions to be asking with respect to research design, methods, reporting, and analysis.</p>
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@@ -327,6 +328,17 @@ <h2>Project concept</h2>
<p>There is a great potential for such guidelines to become commonly adopted, to help strengthen the overall review process, while acting as an educational resource for reviewers. We anticipate that this will help to reduce bias and increase transparency, overall increasing the health of peer review in Palaeontology, and therefore become a valuable resource for the global Palaeontology community.</p>
<p>Key papers related to this project can be found <ahref="https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/Peer-Review-Transparency/tree/master/Key%20papers">here</a>.</p>
</div>
<divid="contributing"class="section level2">
<h2>Contributing</h2>
<p>Peer Review Transparency is an open project that anyone can contribute to on <ahref="https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/Peer-Review-Transparency">GitHub</a>. All data sources, methods, code, and results are openly shared for collaboration and inspection as the project evolves.</p>
<p>We strongly encourage others to participate in the project, propose their own ideas, and to contribute or re-use any of the data or other information available here.</p>
<divid="contributors"class="section level3">
<h3>Contributors</h3>
<ul>
<li>Jon Tennant</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
This website is licensed under an MIT media license. Theme is flaty. Source code can be found at <ahref="https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/meta-paleo.github.io">https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/meta-paleo.github.io</a>. Created by Jon Tennant.
Aim: To analyse the growth of tetrapod clades through time
**Aim**: To analyse the growth of tetrapod clades through time
Potential title: Tracking the growth of the fossil record
@@ -19,38 +19,47 @@ Key research questions:
Data sources: [Fossilworks](http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?user=Guest&action=displayDownloadForm)
Notes on data selection:
* Restricted to Mesozoic groups as the data are most complete
* Downloaded occurences from [here](http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?user=Guest&action=displayDownloadForm) using the 'full form' option
* Basic options: Set taxonomic level to species; set time span as 'Mesozoic'
* Included collections: Keep all default options set
* Included occurrences: Remove ichnofossils and form taxa; keep all other default options set
* Colletion fields: basic fields, check all; geography fields, check all; time fields, check all; stratigraphy fields, check all; lithology fields, check all; no taphonomy or collection methods required
* Occurence fields: check ocurence no, reference no, year published, taxon no, type specimen, type locality
* Date downloaded: 02/08/2019
1. Restricted to Mesozoic groups as the data are most complete
2. Downloaded occurences from [here](http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?user=Guest&action=displayDownloadForm) using the 'full form' option
3. Basic options: Set taxonomic level to species; set time span as 'Mesozoic'
4. Included collections: Keep all default options set
5. Included occurrences: Remove ichnofossils and form taxa; keep all other default options set
6. Colletion fields: basic fields, check all; geography fields, check all; time fields, check all; stratigraphy fields, check all; lithology fields, check all; no taphonomy or collection methods required
7. Occurence fields: check ocurence no, reference no, year published, taxon no, type specimen, type locality
8. Date downloaded: 02/08/2019
Groups:
* Dinosauria (minus Aves)
* Aves
* Testudinata
* Choristodera
* Crocodyliformes
* Ichythyopterygia
* Lepidosauromorpha
* Lissamphibia
* Mammaliaformes
* Pterosauria
* Sauropterygia
- Dinosauria (minus Aves)
- Aves
- Testudinata
- Choristodera
- Crocodyliformes
- Ichythyopterygia
- Lepidosauromorpha
- Lissamphibia
- Mammaliaformes
- Pterosauria
- Sauropterygia
Major data contributors:
Matthew Carrano
John Alroy
Philip Mannion
Roger Benson
1.Matthew Carrano
2.John Alroy
3.Philip Mannion
4.Roger Benson
Visualisation ideas:
* Create a gif/video/dynamic figure showing how, for each clade, diversity patterns have changed through publication history.
1. Create a gif/video/dynamic figure showing how, for each clade, diversity patterns have changed through publication history.
* Create a gif/video/dynamic figure showing how, for each clade, the geographic distribution/discovery has changed through publication history
2. Create a gif/video/dynamic figure showing how, for each clade, the geographic distribution/discovery has changed through publication history
This project can be contributed to on [GitHub](https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/TetraTime).
##Contributing
TetraTime is an open project that anyone can contribute to on [GitHub](https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/TetraTime). All data sources, methods, code, and results are openly shared for collaboration and inspection as the project evolves.
We strongly encourage others to participate in the project, propose their own ideas, and to contribute or re-use any of the data or other information available here.
<p>Aim: To analyse the growth of tetrapod clades through time</p>
<p><strong>Aim</strong>: To analyse the growth of tetrapod clades through time</p>
<p>Potential title: Tracking the growth of the fossil record</p>
<p>This has already been done for <ahref="https://peerj.com/articles/4417/">dinosaurs</a> - now let’s see what happens if we examine this for all tetrapod clades!</p>
<p>Notes on data selection: * Restricted to Mesozoic groups as the data are most complete * Downloaded occurences from <ahref="http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?user=Guest&action=displayDownloadForm">here</a> using the ‘full form’ option * Basic options: Set taxonomic level to species; set time span as ‘Mesozoic’ * Included collections: Keep all default options set * Included occurrences: Remove ichnofossils and form taxa; keep all other default options set * Colletion fields: basic fields, check all; geography fields, check all; time fields, check all; stratigraphy fields, check all; lithology fields, check all; no taphonomy or collection methods required * Occurence fields: check ocurence no, reference no, year published, taxon no, type specimen, type locality * Date downloaded: 02/08/2019</p>
<p>Major data contributors: Matthew Carrano John Alroy Philip Mannion Roger Benson</p>
<p>Notes on data selection: 1. Restricted to Mesozoic groups as the data are most complete 2. Downloaded occurences from <ahref="http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?user=Guest&action=displayDownloadForm">here</a> using the ‘full form’ option 3. Basic options: Set taxonomic level to species; set time span as ‘Mesozoic’ 4. Included collections: Keep all default options set 5. Included occurrences: Remove ichnofossils and form taxa; keep all other default options set 6. Colletion fields: basic fields, check all; geography fields, check all; time fields, check all; stratigraphy fields, check all; lithology fields, check all; no taphonomy or collection methods required 7. Occurence fields: check ocurence no, reference no, year published, taxon no, type specimen, type locality 8. Date downloaded: 02/08/2019</p>
<p>Major data contributors: 1. Matthew Carrano 2. John Alroy 3. Philip Mannion 4. Roger Benson</p>
<p>Visualisation ideas:</p>
<ul>
<olstyle="list-style-type: decimal">
<li><p>Create a gif/video/dynamic figure showing how, for each clade, diversity patterns have changed through publication history.</p></li>
<li><p>Create a gif/video/dynamic figure showing how, for each clade, the geographic distribution/discovery has changed through publication history</p></li>
</ol>
<divid="contributing"class="section level2">
<h2>Contributing</h2>
<p>TetraTime is an open project that anyone can contribute to on <ahref="https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/TetraTime">GitHub</a>. All data sources, methods, code, and results are openly shared for collaboration and inspection as the project evolves.</p>
<p>We strongly encourage others to participate in the project, propose their own ideas, and to contribute or re-use any of the data or other information available here.</p>
<p>This project can be contributed to on <ahref="https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/TetraTime">GitHub</a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
This website is licensed under an MIT media license. Theme is flaty. Source code can be found at <ahref="https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/meta-paleo.github.io">https://github.com/Meta-Paleo/meta-paleo.github.io</a>. Created by Jon Tennant.
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