Open AccessToward the Geoscience Paper of the Future: Best practices for documenting and sharing research from data to software to provenance
Author(s) -
Gil Yolanda,
David Cédric H.,
Demir Ibrahim,
Essawy Bakinam T.,
Fulweiler Robinson W.,
Goodall Jonathan L.,
Karlstrom Leif,
Lee Huikyo,
Mills Heath J.,
Oh JiHyun,
Pierce Suzanne A.,
Pope Allen,
Tzeng Mimi W.,
Villamizar Sandra R.,
Yu Xuan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
earth and space science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 2333-5084
DOI - 10.1002/2015ea000136
Subject(s) - documentation , pace , data science , computer science , data sharing , software , best practice , workflow , work (physics) , cyberinfrastructure , open science , scientific discovery , world wide web , engineering , database , political science , geography , medicine , mechanical engineering , physics , alternative medicine , geodesy , pathology , astronomy , law , programming language , psychology , cognitive science
Geoscientists now live in a world rich with digital data and methods, and their computational research cannot be fully captured in traditional publications. The Geoscience Paper of the Future (GPF) presents an approach to fully document, share, and cite all their research products including data, software, and computational provenance. This article proposes best practices for GPF authors to make data, software, and methods openly accessible, citable, and well documented. The publication of digital objects empowers scientists to manage their research products as valuable scientific assets in an open and transparent way that enables broader access by other scientists, students, decision makers, and the public. Improving documentation and dissemination of research will accelerate the pace of scientific discovery by improving the ability of others to build upon published work.