GCB Reporting and Data Policy
Prepares compliant data availability statements and persistent DOI-minted data and code archives for Global Change Biology submissions.
The GCB Reporting and Data Policy skill guides authors through meeting Global Change Biology's mandatory open data and code archiving requirements. Since GCB explicitly rejects 'data available on request', this skill helps researchers choose domain-appropriate DOI-minting repositories (such as Dryad, Zenodo, or PANGAEA), format robust metadata, package reproducible code pipelines, and construct compliant data availability statements. It also provides structured pathways for properly documenting restricted or sensitive ecological datasets, ensuring manuscripts sail through editorial compliance checks without delays.