[Taxacom] Citing taxonomical works (was: decline and fall oftaxonomy)

[Hovenkamp, P. (Peter)]

On this topic, see also: 
Seifert, Crous & Frisvad 2008: Correcting the Impact Factors of
Taxonomic Journals by
Appropriate Citation of Taxonomy (ACT)
(http://www.persoonia.org/Issue/20/08.pdf). 
These guidelines are currently also adopted by Blumea
(http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea/2008/00000053/00000003
/art00001).


Peter Hovenkamp
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden branch
www.nationaalherbarium.nl  

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of 
> Maarten Christenhusz
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:15 PM
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: [Taxacom] Citing taxonomical works (was: decline and 
> fall oftaxonomy)
> 
> Dear David and Taxacommers,
> 
> Authors of biological articles should cite the works used by 
> them in the material and methods part of their article. Other 
> methods used previously are often cited, but the use of a 
> taxonomic work with which they have identified their 
> specimens is usually completely ignored.
> I ask all journal editors to change this in their policy - 
> author guides, as well as citing species names properly.
> 
> All electronic efforts in taxonomy are excellent and it is 
> exactly what is needed to improve our science, but I agree 
> also that there is little revenue for the authors: e.g. 
> contributions to projects as EoL, ToL, GBIF etc do not bring 
> any revenue for the author, nor will scratchpads. There is 
> already the idea that knowledge is free and should be 
> available to all, but who will compile and review this 
> information? One cannot make an encyclopaedia without paying 
> for the contents.
> 
> Maarten
> 
> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:04:28 -0500
> From: "Dr. David Campbell" <amblema at bama.ua.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] decline and fall of taxonomy
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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> > A simple benefit would be (and this is of course not the sole 
> > solution), if journals would demand proper citation for scientific 
> > names, instead of inline citation with abbreviated authors 
> as nowadays 
> > usually is the case in botany.
> 
> Perhaps a higher proportion of recent papers would get cited 
> if there was some requirement to cite what reference was used 
> to identify the species, rather than the original author.  
> This might also highlight the need for taxonomists if the 
> basis for the identification is not so good.
> 
> --
> Dr. David Campbell
> 425 Scientific Collections Building
> Department of Biological Sciences
> Biodiversity and Systematics
> University of Alabama, Box 870345
> Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0345  USA
> 
> Dr Maarten Christenhusz
> Flora Mesoamericana project
> 
> Department of Botany
> The Natural History Museum
> Cromwell Road
> London SW7 5BD
> United Kingdom
> 
> tel: [44] (0) 207 942 5108
> 
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