Data Archiving Policy
As a condition of publication in American Ornithological Society (AOS) journals, authors must archive all primary data and relevant, non-proprietary computer code in a permanent, secure, public depository that issues a persistent identifier such as a DOI or accession number. If the study uses data from the published literature or public sources, all compiled datasets analyzed must be included in the archive. All analyses reported in an article must be repeatable using the archived data and code. Except for nucleotide and protein sequences archived with GenBank, we prefer that data and code be deposited in Dryad / Zenodo, which is integrated with the submission system at Oxford University Press. The AOS will cover the Dryad archive fee if the paper’s lead or corresponding author is a Society member.
Authors may choose alternative public depositories, e.g., Figshare, that issue a DOI or accession number. In this case, the journal will not be responsible for securing DOIs or accession numbers or for covering the costs of data archiving. Authors may also archive the primary copy of their manuscript dataset(s) in Dryad and additional copies in a depository of your choice, such as Movebank. Please inform the editors of any data sharing constraints at the time of manuscript submission so that we can discuss possible solutions.
Upon article acceptance, authors will be asked to declare the depositories that they will use; authors who choose Dryad will be sent a link for data upload. Data must not be uploaded as an article’s Supporting Information. Articles will proceed to publication only when data have been archived and a DOI or accession number provided and approved.
A "Data Availability" section must be included after the Acknowledgements section in the final version of the manuscript, following this example: "Analyses reported in this article can be reproduced using the data provided by Author (2019)." Dataset(s) are given in the reference list in this format:
Author. (2022). Data from: Title of original article. Ornithology / Ornithological Applications. Data DOI or URL.
Data may be made publicly available at time of publication or authors may embargo access for 12 months after publication. Exceptions may be granted at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief, especially for sensitive information, such as the location of endangered species. Authors must provide a short explanation in the Data Availability section when the standard availability requirement has been modified or waived.
Finally, the AOS journals promote ethical re-use of data. Original data sources must be cited. We recommend that authors who re-use published data seek to collaborate with the original data providers when appropriate.
Send any questions about the journals’ data archiving policy or help with Dryad to [email protected].
