2024 article
Open Access and Reproducibility in Plant Pathology Research: Guidelines and Best Practices
Grunwald, N. J., Bock, C. H., Chang, J. H., De Souza, A. A., Del Ponte, E. M., Toit, L. J., … Zeng, Q. (2024, April 19). PHYTOPATHOLOGY.
author keywords: bioinformatics; computational biology; data science; epidemiology; genomics; microbiome; modeling; pathogen detection; population biology; techniques
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Added: April 29, 2024
The landscape of scientific publishing is experiencing a transformative shift towards open access (OA), a paradigm that mandates the availability of research outputs such as data, code, materials, and publications. OA provides increased reproducibility and allows for reuse of these resources. This article provides guidance for best publishing practices of scientific research, data, and associated resources, including code, in APS journals. Key areas such as diagnostic assays, experimental design, data sharing, and code deposition are explored in detail. This guidance is in line with those observed by other leading journals. We hope the information assembled in this paper will raise awareness of best practices and enable greater appraisal of the true effects of biological phenomena in plant pathology.