Data Paper and Journal

What is Data paper?

Data paper is a form of peer-reviewed article published in relevant journals. The content mainly describes the relevant information of the data set, including methods for data generation and collection, data type, species information, open data status and and background information of the dataset (Metadata) etc., through the CC licensing method chosen by the author of this dataset. Data paper can be used as the basis for data citing in future research paper or other document.

Journals for biodiversity-related data papers

After uploaded and published your data through TaiBIF's IPT, you may download the automatically generated RTF file for data paper writing, and may select the following journals for submission (for journal's impact factor and publication fee, please refer to: https://www.gbif.org/data-papers）