TY - JOUR AU - Chavan, Vishwas AU - Penev, Lyubomir PY - 2011 DA - 2011/12/15 TI - The data paper: a mechanism to incentivize data publishing in biodiversity science JO - BMC Bioinformatics SP - S2 VL - 12 IS - 15 AB - Free and open access to primary biodiversity data is essential for informed decision-making to achieve conservation of biodiversity and sustainable development. However, primary biodiversity data are neither easily accessible nor discoverable. Among several impediments, one is a lack of incentives to data publishers for publishing of their data resources. One such mechanism currently lacking is recognition through conventional scholarly publication of enriched metadata, which should ensure rapid discovery of 'fit-for-use' biodiversity data resources. SN - 1471-2105 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-12-S15-S2 DO - 10.1186/1471-2105-12-S15-S2 ID - Chavan2011 ER -