AgroEcoList 1.0: A checklist to improve reporting standards in ecological research in agriculture

dc.creatorDaykin, G.M.
dc.creatorAizen, M.A.
dc.creatorBarrett, L.G.
dc.creatorBartlett, L.J.
dc.creatorBatáry, P.
dc.creatorGaribaldi, L.A.
dc.creatorGüncan, A.
dc.creatorGutam, S.
dc.creatorMaas, B.
dc.creatorJayalakshmi Mitnala
dc.creatorMontaño-Centellas, F.
dc.creatorMuoni, T.
dc.creatorÖckinger, E.
dc.creatorOde Okechalu
dc.creatorOstler, R.
dc.creatorPotts, S.G.
dc.creatorRose, D.C.
dc.creatorTopp, C.
dc.creatorUsieta, H.O.
dc.creatorObaiya G. Utoblo
dc.creatorWatson, C.
dc.creatorYi Zou
dc.creatorSutherland, W.J.
dc.creatorHood, A.S.C.
dc.date2023-06-29T20:00:13Z
dc.date2023-06-29T20:00:13Z
dc.date2023
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T20:10:41Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T20:10:41Z
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/22632
dc.identifier10.1371/journal.pone.0285478
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7514374
dc.descriptionMany publications lack sufficient background information (e.g. location) to be interpreted, replicated, or reused for synthesis. This impedes scientific progress and the application of science to practice. Reporting guidelines (e.g. checklists) improve reporting standards. They have been widely taken up in the medical sciences, but not in ecological and agricultural research. Here, we use a community-centred approach to develop a reporting checklist (AgroEcoList 1.0) through surveys and workshops with 23 experts and the wider agroecological community. To put AgroEcoList in context, we also assessed the agroecological community's perception of reporting standards in agroecology. A total of 345 researchers, reviewers, and editors, responded to our survey. Although only 32% of respondents had prior knowledge of reporting guidelines, 76% of those that had said guidelines improved reporting standards. Overall, respondents agreed on the need of AgroEcolist 1.0; only 24% of respondents had used reporting guidelines before, but 78% indicated they would use AgroEcoList 1.0. We updated AgroecoList 1.0 based on respondents' feedback and user-testing. AgroecoList 1.0 consists of 42 variables in seven groups: experimental/sampling set-up, study site, soil, livestock management, crop and grassland management, outputs, and finances. It is presented here, and is also available on github (https://github.com/AgroecoList/Agroecolist). AgroEcoList 1.0 can serve as a guide for authors, reviewers, and editors to improve reporting standards in agricultural ecology. Our community-centred approach is a replicable method that could be adapted to develop reporting checklists in other fields. Reporting guidelines such as AgroEcoList can improve reporting standards and therefore the application of research to practice, and we recommend that they are adopted more widely in agriculture and ecology.
dc.descriptione0285478
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.source6
dc.source18
dc.source1932-6203
dc.sourcePloS one
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectReporting Guidelines
dc.subjectReporting Checklists
dc.subjectAGROECOLOGY
dc.subjectSTAKEHOLDERS
dc.subjectRESEARCH
dc.subjectInstitutional
dc.titleAgroEcoList 1.0: A checklist to improve reporting standards in ecological research in agriculture
dc.typeArticle
dc.typePublished Version
dc.coverageUSA


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