Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of AuthorChecklist
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v5 v6 1 1 = Checklist for Authors of Science Articles in Solar Physics = 2 2 3 TODO: clarify which of these apply to raw data vs. intermediary data vs. final results / published data. Also, try to clean this up so it's more cronological : (1) where you got the data from, (2) how you reduced the data, (3) other processing applied. 3 == Goals : == 4 5 * Ensure that research is reproducible. 6 * Track information that might affect your analysis 7 * Make it easier for others to retrieve the data that you used. 8 * Allow data archives & software authors to find who's using their work, so they can get continued funding. 4 9 5 10 == Background: == … … 9 14 * [http://sdac.virtualsolar.org/catalogs/catalog_checklist.txt "Catalog Checklist" (for people publishing catalogs)] 10 15 * [http://www.agu.org/pubs/authors/policies/data_policy.shtml "AGU Data Policy"] 11 12 13 == Goal : ==14 Ensure that research is reproducable.15 16 === Secondary goal: ===17 Provide attribution for the data/archives, and software or other tools, so they can justify their continued funding.18 19 16 20 17 == Policy : == 21 * Data used in articles should be made publicly available. 18 19 * Data used in articles should be made publicly available by the time of publication. 22 20 * If the data is not already available from an archive, it should be included as a supplement to the article. 23 21 * Observations should be sufficiently described to allow reviewers or other scientists to easily verify the article's claims. … … 58 56 ----- 59 57 60 == AuthorChecklist ==58 == The Checklist == 61 59 62 60 * Have I described the data that was used in this research? … … 76 74 * AEC vs. non AEC for SDO/AIA. 77 75 * If using cutouts from the original data 78 * eg, "200 arcsec patch centered on AR10943" vs. "200 arcsec wide by 400 arcsec high centered on ... xSun, ySun" -79 ‘... at 400 xSun,-600 ySun’ ; ‘... at 45W60N’ 76 * eg, "200 arcsec patch centered on AR10943" vs. "200 arcsec wide by 400 arcsec high centered on ... " 77 * ... "centered on 400 xSun,-600 ySun" vs "centered on 45W60N" 80 78 81 79 * If using reduced resolution images … … 89 87 90 88 * Have I acknowledged software and tools used ... 91 * to find & obtain data (HEK, VSO, EGSO, !AstroGrid, Solar Monitor, etc.)89 * to find & obtain data (HEK, VSO, HELIO, !AstroGrid, Solar Monitor, etc.) 92 90 * to visualize data (Helioviewer, JHelioviewer, !SolarWeather Browser, etc.) 93 91 * to process the data (SolarSoft, PDL, !SunPy, IRAF, etc.) … … 101 99 102 100 * Is the data available for others to review? 103 * Is the data available from an archive online, or have I included it for submission as a suplement to the article 104 * If I have significantly processed the data, have I included my data for submission as a suplement to the article?101 * Is the data available from an archive online, or have I included it for submission as a suplement to the article? 102 * If I have significantly processed the data, have I included my processed data for submission as a suplement to the article or to an appropriate archive for distribution? 105 103 106 104