There is an increasing trend towards database-only journals such as Molecular Ecology Resources (Wiley, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/ (ISSN)1755-0998, accessed 20 Sep 2017) and Scientific Data (Nature, https://www.nature.com/sdata/publish , accessed 20 Sep 2017) in which the authors publish their work by depositing the research data following a stringent format requirement, and provide detailed descriptions of methods used for data collection, quality control and assurance, processing and analyses.
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