The dilemma of self-citation in taxonomy

Zeppelini, Douglas; Molin, Ana Dal; Lamas, Carlos José Einicker; Sarmiento, Carlos E.; Rheims, Cristina A.; Fernandes, Daniell Rodrigo Rodrigues; Lima, Élison Fabrício Bezerra; Silva, Evandro N.; Carvalho-Filho, Fernando da Silva; Kováč, Ĺubomír; Montoya-Lerma, James; Moldovan, Oana Teodora; Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.; Demite, Peterson R.; Feitosa, Rodrigo M.; Boyer, Sarah L.; Weiner, Wanda Maria; Rodrigues, William Costa

doi:10.1038/s41559-020-01359-y

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“…Our suggestion strengthens the many other practicable alternatives already proposed to cope with this problem (e.g. [9,11,27]). We must continuously look for practical alternatives to improve taxonomic identification and taxonomic verification.…”

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Getting science priorities straight: how to increase the reliability of specimen identification?

Bianchi

Gonçalves

2021

Biol. Lett.

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‘We advise the authors to find a native English speaker to proofread the manuscript’. This is a standard feedback journals give to non-native English speakers. Journals are justifiably concerned with grammar but do not show the same rigour about another step crucial to biological research: specimen identification. Surveying the author guidelines of 100 journals, we found that only 6% of them request explicitly citation of the literature used in specimen identification. Authors hamper readers from contesting specimen identification whenever vouchers, identification methods, and taxon concepts are not provided. However, unclear taxonomic procedures violate the basic scientific principle of reproducibility. The scientific community must continuously look for practical alternatives to improve taxonomic identification and taxonomic verification. We argue that voucher pictures are an accessible, cheap and time-effective alternative to mitigate (not abolish) bad taxonomy by exposing preventable misidentifications. Voucher pictures allow scientists to judge specimen identification actively, based on available data. The popularization of high-quality image devices, photo-identification technologies and computer vision algorithms yield accurate scientific photo-documentation, improving taxonomic procedures. Taxonomy is timeless, transversal and essential to most scientific disciplines in biological sciences. It is time to demand rigour in taxonomic identifications.

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“…Thus, suggestions to attenuate the subjectivity of specimen identification and good taxonomic practices have been under debate (e.g. [6][7][8][9][10]). For instance, Meier [11] suggested explicit taxonomic identification methods and taxon concept statements supported by references.…”

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Getting science priorities straight: how to increase the reliability of specimen identification?

Bianchi

Gonçalves

2021

Biol. Lett.

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“…pers are increasingly treated as obscure specialised publications, lacking the perceived prestige required for publication in high-impact journals (35). In fact, JIF has been shown to be inadequate for assessing taxonomic publications.…”

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Publication pressure threatens the integrity of palaeontological research

Raja¹,

Dunne²

2021

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“…In research related to organisms, they are intrinsically dependent on taxonomy for reproducibility. This is because the identification error has a very significant impact on the conclusion (Zeppelini et al, 2021). Plant taxonomy can result in significant changes from fluctuations in native plant communities along with community stability and invasiveness due to invasive alien plants (IAP) as the cause (Wang et al, 2021).…”

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The Quality of Taxonomy Translation in English Indonesian Latin by Biological Education Students

Nuraini

Nursamsu

Yakob

2021

JPSI

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Translation of literacy in english, Indonesian and latin has a strategic position in the biological sciences that must be studied with good quality for students so that the development of science. The purpose of this study is to examine the quality of taxonomy translation in English, Indonesian and Latin with regard to biology education. This research is a quantitative-descriptive research. The test method is used to collect data on the ability to translate in biology education learning by using the google form media provided through the biology student WhatsApp group due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the form of 10 questions with a blend of English, Latin and Indonesian about taxonomy. There are 13 respondents who are ready to answer the test. The test is given for 1 credit which is about 45 minutes as the deadline. The data analysis technique in this study is descriptive quantitative which uses three lines of research activities, namely data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification.The results obtained by respondents find it easier to translate test questions in short sentences. The quality of taxonomy translations related to English, Indonesian and Latin have good quality because from the first session, namely translation into the target language English, 4 of the total questions were obtained with the percentage of success by students in translating well above 50%. Likewise for the results of the translation with the target language Indonesian, the respondents managed to answer all questions well with a percentage above 50%. Here it can be seen that, translating into the target language Indonesian is still easier for respondents to produce because all questions are of high value than translating into the target language English.

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The dilemma of self-citation in taxonomy

Cited by 20 publications

References 3 publications

Getting science priorities straight: how to increase the reliability of specimen identification?

Getting science priorities straight: how to increase the reliability of specimen identification?

Publication pressure threatens the integrity of palaeontological research

The Quality of Taxonomy Translation in English Indonesian Latin by Biological Education Students

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