SORTEE five years on: taking stock of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology

@misc{parker2026sortee,
  title = {{SORTEE five years on: taking stock of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology}},
  author = {Timothy H. Parker and Dominique Roche and Rose E O'Dea and Edward Ivimey-Cook and Marija Purgar and Kaija Gahm and Elliot Gould and Matthieu Paquet and Juliette Tariel-Adam and Alexa Fredston and Christian John and Bawan Amin and David R. Angelini and Lewis J. Bartlett and Samantha Burke and Antica Culina and Szymon Drobniak and Hannah L Dugdale and Stephanie Flaman and Natasha Jeanne Gownaris and Matthew Grainger and Friederike [freddy] Hillemann and Malika Ihle and Swastika Issar and Saoirse Kelleher and Clint D. Kelly and Ruby Krasnow and Brooke Lamonte Long-Fox and Ian R. Moodie and Shinichi Nakagawa and Daniel W.A. Noble and Joel L Pick and Natalie E. van Dis and Stefan J.G. Vriend and Oakleigh Wilson and Michael Grant Bertram and Esteban Fernández-Juricic and Ineta Kačergytė and Patrice Pottier and Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar and Aidan C. Tan and Bonnie Claire Wintle and Malgorzata Lagisz},
  howpublished = {EcoEvoRxiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.32942/x20400},
  url = {https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/15646/},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}

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TI  - SORTEE five years on: taking stock of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology
AU  - Timothy H. Parker
AU  - Dominique Roche
AU  - Rose E O'Dea
AU  - Edward Ivimey-Cook
AU  - Marija Purgar
AU  - Kaija Gahm
AU  - Elliot Gould
AU  - Matthieu Paquet
AU  - Juliette Tariel-Adam
AU  - Alexa Fredston
AU  - Christian John
AU  - Bawan Amin
AU  - David R. Angelini
AU  - Lewis J. Bartlett
AU  - Samantha Burke
AU  - Antica Culina
AU  - Szymon Drobniak
AU  - Hannah L Dugdale
AU  - Stephanie Flaman
AU  - Natasha Jeanne Gownaris
AU  - Matthew Grainger
AU  - Friederike [freddy] Hillemann
AU  - Malika Ihle
AU  - Swastika Issar
AU  - Saoirse Kelleher
AU  - Clint D. Kelly
AU  - Ruby Krasnow
AU  - Brooke Lamonte Long-Fox
AU  - Ian R. Moodie
AU  - Shinichi Nakagawa
AU  - Daniel W.A. Noble
AU  - Joel L Pick
AU  - Natalie E. van Dis
AU  - Stefan J.G. Vriend
AU  - Oakleigh Wilson
AU  - Michael Grant Bertram
AU  - Esteban Fernández-Juricic
AU  - Ineta Kačergytė
AU  - Patrice Pottier
AU  - Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar
AU  - Aidan C. Tan
AU  - Bonnie Claire Wintle
AU  - Malgorzata Lagisz
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/23
PB  - EcoEvoRxiv
DO  - 10.32942/x20400
UR  - https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/15646/
AB  - In five years, the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE) has grown from a small network of like-minded researchers into a grassroots, international community. Founded in late 2020, SORTEE works to make ecology and evolutionary biology more open, reliable, and transparent at a time when prevailing incentives in academia often reward novelty and quantity over rigour. The society is run largely by early-career researchers and sustained by volunteers and small donations. Around this community, SORTEE has built a portfolio of services and infrastructure: EcoEvoRxiv, a community-governed preprint and postprint server; an annual virtual conference; monthly Code Clubs; a regular workshop and webinar series; and collaborative meta-research projects. The society also produced the first standardised guidelines for data and code quality control in ecology and evolutionary biology, now used by data editors at multiple journals. Over the next five years, SORTEE aims to build on this momentum to promote evidence-based change in how research is funded, conducted, evaluated, and taught, with a particular focus on education, regional outreach, advocacy, and meta-research to inform science policy. SORTEE offers a model for how volunteer-led communities can help drive cultural change in research.
ER  -