Globally aggregated biodiversity data impact predictive and descriptive research.

ABSTRACT: Here, we present an analysis of the growth and use of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) over the last 5 y. GBIF is the world's largest data integrator for biodiversity information and plays a central role in research across the biodiversity and evolutionary science community. With the help of a comprehensive bibliographic dataset comprising 12,193 studies that used GBIF-mediated data, we demonstrate how the global scientific community utilizes the continuously fast-growing amount of open and Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable biodiversity data in their research. Overall, more researchers engage with GBIF data, a potential consequence of the rising demands of more global environmental assessments, where GBIF-mediated data are being used as a key resource for

SUBMITTER: Steinke D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12718365 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature