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Research Project: Knowledge Based Tools for Exotic and Emerging Diseases of Small Fruit and Nursery Crops

Location: Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research Unit

Title: Open access and reproducibility in plant pathology research: Guidelines and best practices

Author
item Grunwald, Niklaus - Nik
item Bock, Clive
item CHANG, JEFF - Oregon State University
item ALVES DE SOUZA, ALESSANDRA - Agronomical Institute Of Campinas (IAC)
item DEL PONTE, EMERSON - Universidade Federal De Vicosa
item DU TOIT, LINDSEY - Washington State University
item DORRANCE, ANNE - The Ohio State University
item DUNG, JEREMIAH - Oregon State University
item Gent, David - Dave
item GOSS, ERICA - University Of Florida
item LOWE-POWER, TIFFANY - University Of California, Davis
item MADDEN, LAURENCE - The Ohio State University
item Martin, Frank
item MCDOWELL, JOHN - Virginia Tech
item Naegele, Rachel
item POTNIS, NEHA - Auburn University
item QUESADA-OCAMPO, LINA - North Carolina State University
item SUNDIN, GEORGE - Michigan State University
item THIESSEN, LINDSEY - Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
item VINATZER, BORIS - Virginia Tech
item ZENG, QUAN - Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Submitted to: Phytopathology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/27/2024
Publication Date: 2/8/2024
Citation: Grünwald, N.J., Bock, C.H., Chang, J.H., Alves De Souza, A., Del Ponte, E.M., Du Toit, L.J., Dorrance, A.E., Dung, J., Gent, D.H., Goss, E.M., Lowe-Power, T., Madden, L.V., Martin, F.N., Mcdowell, J., Naegele, R.P., Potnis, N., Quesada-Ocampo, L.M., Sundin, G.W., Thiessen, L., Vinatzer, B.A., Zeng, Q. 2024. Open access and reproducibility in plant pathology research: Guidelines and best practices. Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-12-23-0483-IA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-12-23-0483-IA

Interpretive Summary: Scientific publishing is undergoing a revolution with the rapid move towards open access. Open access is a set of standards that requires free availability of research outputs, including data, code, materials, and publications. Open access provides increased reproducibility and allows for reuse of data, code, and resources. We provide guidance for best publishing practices of scientific research, data, and associated resources, including code, in journals of the American Phytopathological Society. This guidance is in line with those observed by other leading journals. We hope that 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.

Technical Abstract: Scientific publishing is undergoing a revolution with the rapid move towards open access (OA). OA is a set of standards that requires free availability of research outputs, including data, code, materials, and publications. OA provides increased reproducibility and allows for reuse of data, code, and resources. We provide guidance for best publishing practices of scientific research, data, and associated resources, including code, in APS journals. This guidance is in line with those observed by other leading journals. We hope that 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.