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ArticleBioscience2026

Measuring the Quality of Species List Contents.

Thomas Pape, Richard L Pyle, Olaf Bánki, Saroj K Barik, Alex J Berryman, Patrice Bouchard, John Buckeridge, Les Christidis, María Marta Cigliano, Stijn Conix and 16 more

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Article in Bioscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Evaluating the use of taxonomy in the IUCN Red List.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Thomas PapeNatural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-0609
Richard L PyleDepartment of Natural Sciences, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0768-1286
Olaf BánkiCatalogue of Life, Catalogue of Life, Secretariat, Pampuslaan 59, 1382 JM Weesp, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6197-9951
Saroj K BarikDepartment of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1795-9539
Alex J BerrymanBirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-7184
Patrice BouchardCanadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7443-4547
John BuckeridgeEarth and Oceanic Systems Group, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-5629
Les ChristidisSouthern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 2450, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3345-6034
María Marta CiglianoMuseo de La Plata, Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8840-2121
Stijn ConixInstitut Supérieur de Philosophie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve 1348, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1487-0213
Haylee Crawford-WeaverDepartment of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, GPO Box 3090, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8532-0665
Peter Paul van DijkRe: wild, P.O.Box 129, Austin, TX 78767, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7283-7000
Markus DöringCatalogue of Life/Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7757-1889
Neal EvenhuisDepartment of Natural Sciences, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1314-755X
Craig Hilton-TaylorInternational Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Unit, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 83QZ, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1163-1425
Donald HobernCatalogue of Life, Catalogue of Life, Secretariat, Pampuslaan 59, 1382 JM Weesp, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6492-4016
Claire JohnstonResearch Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT 0909, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2067-8851
Ronell R KlopperFoundational Biodiversity Sciences Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0948-5038
Andreas KrohNatural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8566-8848
Marianne Le RouxFoundational Biodiversity Sciences Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9244-3025
Aaron M LienResearch Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT 0909, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5131-688X
Lauren RazInstituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-4726
Scott ThomsonResearch Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT 0909, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-2722
Leen VandepitteFlanders Marine Institute, Jacobsenstraat 1, Oostende 8400, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8160-7941
Frank E ZachosResearch Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT 0909, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0133-6265
Stephen T GarnettResearch Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT 0909, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0724-7060

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Taxonomic lists, usually of species, have many functions. However, there is currently no reliable and convenient way to determine whether a list contains the information that a user requires other than by reading the list in detail. We therefore developed 24 indicators to characterise list contents. The indicators aim to describe the extent to which the scored list covers their intended class of organisms, the quality of their taxonomic scholarship, and additional information they provide for each taxon. We tested the indicators on 16 lists drawn from a wide range of vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. A list content score was derived from individual indicator scores after they had been weighted to reflect the preferences that taxonomists had expressed in a global survey. The indicators aim to help list creators provide the details taxonomists and list users consider important. We expect indicators to be refined after public debate..

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Catalogue of Lifeindicatorsspecies list scoresstandardstaxonomy

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PMCPMC13032866

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