1. Scratchpads and the new Biodiversity Data Journal Biodiversity Data Publishing made… easier Dimitris Koureas Natural History Museum London

2. Publications based on countless specimens, images, maps, keys and datasets Current taxonomic data production Figure from Costello M.J et al, 2013. doi: 10.1126/science.1230318

3. On the other hand: Estimates of 7.5 million species still undescribed 1 1 How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean? Mora C et al. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001127

4. Data curation Data curation Data Collection & Generation Data Collection & Generation Data Analysis Data Analysis My data is in Scratchpads The data cycle Now what? / So what?

5. Data curation Data curation Data Publication Data Publication Data Collection & Generation Data Collection & Generation seamless data workflow Data Analysis Data Analysis The data cycle

6. Structured data Publish, cite, disseminate & archive data Select, describe & annotate data Publication module Major repositories

7. Biodiversity Data Journal New, Open Access data journal Launches in 2013 Supports the full life cycle of a manuscript Writing, submission, review, publication & dissemination Structured, reusable, standardized data Linked to Scratchpads via Publication Module http://biodiversitydatajournal.com/

8. What will BDJ publish? Single taxon treatments and nomenclatural acts Local or regional checklists Sampling reports and occasional inventories Habitat-based checklists and inventories Ecological and biological observations Single identification keys Biodiversity-related databases, including genomic, ecological and environmental data (data papers) Biodiversity-related software tools & software documentation

9. Scratchpads templates for publishing... Taxon treatments Nomenclatural acts Checklists / inventories Identification keys and trees Metadata descriptions of databases Descriptions of software tools Scratchpads Publication Module Easy & intuitive Draws on data from your site Pre-submission validation Submitted as structured XML No reformatting

10. Work on multiple manuscripts Invite different people to work on different manuscripts Manage permissions Assembling a manuscript

11. Author names and affiliations Data included in manuscript in a structured, annotated format Assembling a manuscript

12. Taxon descriptions Assembling a manuscript

13. Specimen data Assembling a manuscript

14. References Easily cite from your Scratchpad bibliography to compile a list of references Assembling a manuscript

15. Figures Assembling a manuscript

16. Tables Assembling a manuscript

17. Texts Assembling a manuscript

18. XML Figures and Tables Keys References Text The publication module Author names and affiliations Taxon descriptions Specimen data Supplementary files Structured Data from your Scratchpad

19. Previewing your manuscript

20. Post submission workflow EOL Dryad GBIF PubMed Central and more... WRITING REVIEWING PUBLICATION

21. The Future… Later in 2013 Pensoft and Scratchpads will support publication in other journals:

22. Thank you… Data curation Data curation Data Publication Data Publication Data Collection & Generation Data Collection & Generation Data Analysis Data Analysis