TDR Call for Manuscripts: Data papers describing datasets on vectors of human diseases
TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases hosted at the World Health Organization (WHO), GigaScience Press and GBIF announce the second edition of a call for authors to submit Data Release papers on vectors of human disease in a thematic series to be published in GigaByte Journal.
Vector-borne diseases account for about one quarter of all infectious diseases. Although there has been significant progress for malaria, with a recent decrease in malaria morbidity and mortality rates, this progress is currently halting. Other diseases, such as those caused by arboviruses like dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and more recently Zika, are expanding, with an increased number of cases and fatalities.
The data papers submitted should describe datasets with the following criteria:
- Data has clear relevance for research on vectors of human vector-borne diseases
- Dataset contains more than 5,000 records that are new to GBIF.org in 2021/22 along with high quality data and metadata
- Data is dedicated to the public domain under an open CC0 designation
Read more here.
Application deadline April 30, 2023.
