Resources

This page gathers organizations, tools, and networks that are relevant to research synthesis, meta-research, reproducibility, and open science in ecology and evolution.

Research Synthesis and Open Science Hubs

  • National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
  • German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
  • BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action
  • Center for Open Science (COS)
  • Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)
  • Environmental Data Initiative (EDI)

Canadian Initiatives

  • Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution (CIEE)
  • Canadian Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation (CCEC)
  • Living Data Project
  • Canadian Reproducibility Network (CRN)

Societies and Community Networks

  • Society for Open, Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE)
  • Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science (AIMOS)
  • Society for Research Synthesis Methodology (SRSM)

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Resources

  • Systematic Review Tools
  • Cochrane Collaboration
  • Campbell Collaboration
  • CAMARADES Collaboration
  • Collaboration for Environmental Evidence
  • Conservation Evidence
  • PRISMA
  • Meta-analysis unit at the University of Murcia
  • Meta-analysis packages in R
  • Practical Meta-Analysis Effect Size Calculator

Equity, Inclusion, and Capacity-Building

  • African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
  • Global Young Academy (GYA)

How To Use This Page

Use this list as a starting point for finding methods communities, training pathways, synthesis infrastructure, and broader open-science networks that connect with COSSEE’s work.

For planning-focused material, see Protocols. For the broader framing of this part of the site, see Open Science.