[Nhcoll-l] Vouchers and specimen citation tracking

[Derek Sikes]

Nate,

We also take a liberal approach to deciding if a specimen is a voucher. For
example, if someone downloads data from GBIF that includes data from a UAM
specimen and then cites that data in their publication, we consider the
specimen cited.

Here's an example of a specimen cited in 3 publications and with links to
genbank and BOLD records:

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Ento:100072

-Derek

On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 3:16 PM Shoobs, Nate <shoobs.1 at osu.edu> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Question for you: how do you record whether a specimen has been cited in
> the literature, and what do you consider a citation of a specimen to be?
>
>
> At OSUM, I’ve been taking a very liberal approach to specimen citations –
> that is, even if the specimen is not cited by number in the body of a text,
> if data from that occurrence/record was used in a paper, the specimen
> record has the citation added, with info on the page, graph, or plate where
> the specimen is used/figured/, if possible.
>
> I store all this info in one field, a standardized citation string that
> includes the doi and the page and figure number where applicable. For
> papers in BHL or other sites with stable URLs, I include the link to the
> page in the paper itself.
>
>
> I’m curious how in-depth others on this list go when recording citation
> data for specimens. My goal is ‘extending the specimens’ for users of the
> collection, and also tracking citations for impact reasons.
>
> Best,
>
> Nate
>
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