The course aims to provide knowledge and practical skills about turning DNA-based biodiversity outputs such as DNA barcode reference libraries, DNA metabarcoding datasets, or reference genomes into citable, peer-reviewed, FAIR publications using Pensoft’s journals and the ARPHA/ORPHO platforms as the working environment.
The course in a glimpse
Course title
DNA Barcode and Genomic (Meta)data Publishing in Journal Articles
Time
Tuesday 8 December 2026
Place
Online
Language
English
Credits
None (participation certificates can be issued)
Assessment
None
Teachers
Scott Edmunds – Pensoft Publishers
Stefaniya Kamenova – Pensoft Publishers
Teodor Georgiev – Pensoft Publishers
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the publishing process, in particular data publishing and data papers.
- Choose the right article type and venue depending on the type of DNA data.
- Prepare sequence, sample and occurrence data in a format that it is publishable, including the reporting of accessions, metadata and licenses following established standards.
- Draft a data paper, DNA Barcode Release or genome report, including automated import from BOLD, GBIF/IPT or ENA.
- Anticipate editors and reviewers’ expectations to avoid the most common reasons for rejection.
Course schedule (all times CET)
Tuesday 8. December, 10:00 – 14:00 (CET)
- 10:00 Welcome, round of introduction, learning goals and program
- 10:15 Why publish DNA data as an article, and where?
- 10:45 Before publishing: repositories, accessions, metadata, FAIR principles
- 11:30 Break
- 12:00 Demo/hands-on in ARPHA/ORPHO
- 13:00 Break
- 13:15 Publication review, licensing, crediting, post-publication tracking
- 13:45 Q&A session
- 14:00 End & good-bye
Audience
The course is appropriate for researchers at all career stages including the BGE+ cascade funded projects. The course is also suitable for national nodes coordinators or collections data managers generating DNA barcode, metabarcoding or genome data but who have never published a data paper or genome report before.
Admission and application
Number of participants/students, eligibility and prerequisites
We will accept 20 participants, in case of more applicants, participants will be selected based on the scientific, educational and/or professional merit, motivation and usefulness of the course for the applicants, with priority given to participants that already have available datasets. Results of the selection process will be announced via e-mail shortly after the application deadline.
How to apply:
You can join the course here.
Application deadline: 15 November 2026
Contact
Course coordinator: Stefaniya Kamenova (s.kamenova@pensoft.net)
Responsible institution
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
BGE+ is funded by the European Union
