In the following repository you can find the main script and data analysis for the project "Metadata for marine research in Mexico" published in the journal PLOSONE in 2019.

This repository has been archived and will no longer be updated

Palacios-Abrantes, J., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Cisneros-Mata, M. A., Rodriguez, L., Arreguín-Sánchez, F., Aguilar, V., Domínguez-Sánchez, S., Fulton, S., López-Sagástegui, R., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Rivera-Campos, R., Salas, S., Simoes, N., and Cheung, W. W. L., 2019. A metadata approach to evaluate the state of ocean knowledge: Strengths, limitations, and application to Mexico. PLoS ONE, 14 (6), e0216723.

The main dataset (the metadatabase) is not stored in here due to size limitations and was uploaded to Dryad (DOI: 10. 5061/dryad.pt80482). You can also access an updated version of the dataset at CONABIO's Infocéanos web page (https:https://www.infoceanos.conabio.gob.mx). Any other data source can be found in the original article as supplemental material.

NOTE: The metadatabase is a dynamic dataset. The analysis presented in Palacios-Abrantes et al (2019) was done with the version stored at Dyerad under the DOI 10. 5061/dryad.pt80482.

• Functions, this folder contains any function needed for the analysis

• metadata_manuscript.rmd, this is the script that includes the article published in PlosOne as well as the code embedded in the markdown.

• Metadata_References.bib, list of references used in the article

• Plos.csl, file to produce reference in accordance to PlosOne reference guidance

• Plos Template.docx, file to produce reference in accordance to PlosOne reference guidance