Assessing Open Science Practices in Phytolith Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6095719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emma Karoune (0000-0002-6576-6053, The Alan Turing Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Open Quaternary (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2055-298X • E-ISSN: 2055-298X |
| Publisher | Ubiquity Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5334/oq.88 |
| OpenAlex | W4226060666 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
Open science is an integral part of all scientific research, but the extent of open science practices in phytolith research is unknown. Phytolith analysis examines silica bodies that are initially formed within and between plant cells during the life of the plant but become deposited in sediments once the plant dies. The use of phytoliths in archaeobotanical and palaeoecological studies has been increasing in recent years resulting in an upsurge in publications. The aims of this article are to assess open science practices in phytolith research by reviewing data and metadata sharing, and open access, in a sample of journal articles containing primary phytolith data from 16 prominent archaeological and palaeoecological journals (341 articles). This study builds on similar studies conducted for zooarchaeology (Kansa 'et al'. 2020) and macro-botanical remains (Lodwick 2019). This study shows that 53% of papers shared data in any format but only 4% of papers contained reusable data, 74% included some pictures of phytolith morphotypes for identification purposes, 69% had a fully described method, 47% used the International code for phytolith nomenclature (ICPN 1.0) and only 13% of articles were open access. Steps forward are then proposed, including planning for open projects, making more articles openly accessible and implementing the FAIR data principles, to use as a starting point for discussions in the wider phytolith and archaeological communities to develop guidelines for greater integration of open science practices
Archaeology · Biology · Geography · Metadata · Open data · Open Science · Phytolith · World Wide Web · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Ecology
International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature 1.0
International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN) 2.0
The Fair Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
Data from “Assessing Open Science Practices in Phytolith Research”
Tool-Driven Revolutions in Archaeological Science
Taphonomy and phytoliths
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A Standard for the Scholarly Citation of Archaeological Data as an Incentive to Data Sharing
Archaeological Analysis in the Information Age
Open Archaeology
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NEARCHOS. Networked Archaeological Open Science
Investigating fuel and fireplaces with a combination of phytoliths and multi-element analysis; an ethnographic experiment
Assessing the feasibility of identifying maize through the analysis of cross-shaped size and three-dimensional morphology of phytoliths in the grasslands of southeastern South America
Wild and domesticated forms of rice (Oryza sp.) in early agriculture at Qingpu, lower Yangtze, China
Morphometric analysis of phytoliths
Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges)
Directions in current and future phytolith research
PhytCore ODB
Issues and directions in phytolith analysis
Phytoliths from native plants and surface soils from the Upper Madeira river, SW Amazonia, and their potential for paleoecological reconstruction
Sowing the Seeds of Future Research
Data Publishing and Archaeology's Information Ecosystem
Openness and archaeology's information ecosystem
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |