Welcome to SORTEE: the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology. We are a community of researchers working to improve research practices through cultural and institutional changes in ecology, evolutionary biology, and related fields.

Do you have a project that exemplifies open science in ecology and evolution? If so nominate the project for a SORTEE Commendation Award: More details about the SORTEE Commendation Award: 

Insects make up over half of all biodiversity of life, yet account for only about 4% of biodiversity research 5th Feb Webinar: Digital Naturalism Laboratories will share their research-making and documenting DIY science tools (e.g. Mothbox) Register at:

This week's webinar will introduce CALeDNA and eDNA Explorer tools for modelling diversity and distribution with responsible data sharing. When: 15 Jan, 5 pm CEST Register for free at:

Happy holidays and happy end of the year to all of you. Thank you for making 2024 a wonderful and exciting year for our society. Let's continue working towards Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2025. Join us at:

@PCI_Ecology @joel_l_pick @antica_c @Elliot_Gould_ @Ed_pheasant @ASanchez_Tojar @smwindecker @Ben_M_Marshall @davidwmoreau @ecoisilva @DanielWANoble @ecoevorxiv Outcome #6: "Priced out of belonging? Insufficient concessions on membership fees across international societies in ecology and evolution", a survey of 182 international eco & evo societies by Lagisz et al. has been accepted for publication. Read @

Do you have a project that exemplifies open science in ecology and evolution? If so nominate the project for a SORTEE Commendation Award: More details about the SORTEE Commendation Award: 

SORTEE members have joined forces to create a: 'Code Standard for the fields of Ecology and Evolution' More about a real-life example of a common eco/evo analysis that makes it accessible & easy for you to implement #OpenCode practices to your own code:

For SORTEE members only: Interested in how SORTEE is funded? We invite you to join the following panel discussion: 'Boosting SORTEE relationships with supporters', with representatives of PCI, COS, Dryad, and CSP When: Dec 10 (14:00 UTC) More at:

Are you searching for wonderful plenary talks on #openscience? Just so you know, we've got you covered. Check out our YouTube channel, where you can find the recording of 13 talks! 🔗

Remember that the next SORTEE Virtual Coffee Break will be tomorrow. All information below.

In our latest #SORTEEjournalclub blog post, authors @Direnzolab, Ephraim M. Hanks and @aveamphibious present a step-by-step guide to understanding complex models using data simulations, including how to use simulations effectively. 🔗

The US NIH (@ChallengeGov) has announced a competition to develop a metric to reward data sharing that might be of interest to some of you. The first place prize is US$500,000.00 (only US entities/citizens or permanent residents eligible to win the $)

Next SORTEE Code Club will be on Nov 19, 9-10h UTC! We will continue with the **Hackathon: Writing a Code Standard** ( Anyone interested in contributing is welcome to join! More details and zoom link on SORTEE's Slack (

SORTEE Virtual Coffee Break: Start open practices - how & where to start them? Share your experiences! What worked easily, what not? Join us on Dec 3rd 9am & 7pm UTC for a casual chat! Meeting link: Slack or email us at sortecoevo@gmail.com More at:

In their 2022 @EcographyJourna paper, Palacio et al. suggest an 8-step protocol to make trait-based ecology more standardized and reproducible. Learn more about this roadmap in our latest blog post by authors @stefanomammola1 & @facupalacio12 🔗

Did you know the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE) is also on LinkedIn? We keep our LinkedIn profile updated and are trying to reach more people. Check us out at: #openscience

Did you know the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE) is also on Mastodon? We keep our Mastodon profile updated and are trying to reach more people. Check us out at: #openscience

Did you know the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE) is on BlueSky? We keep our BlueSky profile updated and are trying to reach more people. Check us out at: (@ #openscience

How can we promote reliable ecological science when dealing with big code? An interesting blog discussion: 🔗#openscience