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What do environmental science journals require?

Environmental science research requires strong methods transparency and data availability, as reproducibility and data sharing are increasingly mandated by major journals (Nature, Science, Environmental Science and Technology, Global Change Biology). Fieldwork studies must report GPS coordinates, sampling protocols, and equipment calibration. Statistical analyses must include measures of uncertainty. Data deposition in public repositories (PANGAEA, Dryad, Zenodo) is often required. Environmental research often involves multi-author international teams with complex affiliation and funding disclosures.

Environmental science compliance checks

Data availability statement and repository link check

Verify that a data availability statement is present and that datasets are deposited in recognized repositories with links or accession numbers.

Methods reporting completeness

Check that fieldwork protocols, sampling methods, and equipment calibration details are reported with sufficient transparency.

Funding and affiliation validation for multi-institution teams

Confirm that funding sources and institutional affiliations are complete and correctly attributed for all authors.

Statistical reporting completeness

Flag missing measures of uncertainty, confidence intervals, or error bounds in statistical analyses.

Geographic data reporting check

Check that GPS coordinates, sampling locations, and geographic coverage are adequately described for field studies.

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Data availability statement

Data availability statement present with repository links or access conditions.

Repository links

Dataset deposition links or accession numbers included for required data types.

Methods completeness

Fieldwork protocols and sampling methods described with sufficient detail.

Statistical uncertainty reporting

Uncertainty estimates and error bounds reported for all key results.

Funding disclosures

All funding sources acknowledged with grant numbers.

Author affiliations completeness

All authors have complete institutional affiliations.

Conflict of interest

Conflict of interest declaration present for all authors.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes, increasingly so. Nature, Science, and most major environmental journals now require data availability statements and encourage or require deposition of underlying datasets in recognized repositories before publication.

Common repositories for environmental science include PANGAEA for earth and environmental data, Dryad for ecology and evolution data, Zenodo for general research data, and ICES for marine data. Specific repositories may be required depending on data type and journal.

Fieldwork methods should include GPS coordinates or geographic descriptions of sampling sites, dates and times of data collection, equipment specifications and calibration information, sampling protocols with sufficient detail for replication, and any deviations from standard protocols.

Environmental science papers are expected to report measures of central tendency and dispersion, uncertainty estimates and confidence intervals, sample sizes for all groups, the statistical software and version used, and justification for the statistical tests selected.