Data Archiving & Sharing
Promoting transparency and reproducibility in plant science.
Open Data, Open Science
JAPB recognizes that research data underlying published findings are as valuable as the publications themselves. We require authors to share data openly, enabling reproducibility and accelerating plant science discovery.
Sequence Data
- GenBank/ENA/DDBJ for nucleotide sequences
- Accession numbers required before publication
- Release upon article publication
- Complete metadata submission
- No private sequence withholding
Omics Data
- RNA-seq in GEO/ArrayExpress
- Proteomics in PRIDE/ProteomeXchange
- Metabolomics in MetaboLights
- FAIR data principles compliance
- Minimum metadata standards
Supporting Data
- Raw images and measurements
- Statistical analysis scripts
- Phenotyping datasets
- Dryad, Zenodo, or Figshare
- DOI assignment for citation
Germplasm
Deposit seed stocks in recognized germplasm banks (ABRC, NASC, USDA-GRIN) and provide accession numbers for reproducibility.
Herbarium Specimens
Voucher specimens for taxonomic or field studies should be deposited in recognized herbaria with collection information provided.
Plasmids & Constructs
Deposit molecular constructs in Addgene or similar repositories. Provide plasmid maps and sequence verification.
Code & Pipelines
Analysis code should be deposited in GitHub/GitLab with DOI via Zenodo. Include documentation and example datasets.
Nagoya Protocol Compliance: For research involving genetic resources, authors must demonstrate compliance with access and benefit-sharing regulations, providing permit numbers and material transfer agreement documentation.
Contribute to Open Plant Science
Share your data and advance research reproducibility.
