Abstract
This is a dataset gathered to assess the state of open science practices in phytolith research. All articles presenting primary phytolith data were extracted from 16 prominent archaeological and palaeoecological journals between 2009 and 2018. In total, the dataset contains information on 341 articles. This included archaeological (n = 214), palaeoenvironmental (n = 53) and methodological (n = 74) studies. Information was recorded regarding the data location and what type of data was included in the text and as supplementary files. There was also data recorded in relation to open access, picture inclusion, use of the International code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN) and the inclusion of a full method.
Highlights
As much of the output of scientific research is publications in journal articles, there have been several journal article reviews of data sharing, and other aspects of open science, conducted in archaeology but none concerning phytolith research [4, 5, 8]
It was important to assess where phytolith research was in relation to other sub-disciplines of environmental archaeology and archaeological science in general
The categories recorded from each article were selected to gain the most information concerning open science practices they included open access, data sharing and other information provided with the articles such as methods, pictures and use of the International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature (ICPN) [6]
Summary
This is a dataset gathered to assess the state of open science practices in phytolith research. The dataset contains information on 341 articles This included archaeological (n = 214), palaeoenvironmental (n = 53) and methodological (n = 74) studies. As much of the output of scientific research is publications in journal articles, there have been several journal article reviews of data sharing, and other aspects of open science, conducted in archaeology but none concerning phytolith research [4, 5, 8]. Temporal coverage Articles in this study are not restricted to one particular time period They range from studies of the palaeoenvironments of early hominids to historical archaeological sites. It includes articles focused on methodological studies of modern environments
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