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. 2022 May 30;2022:gigabyte54. doi: 10.46471/gigabyte.54
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Reviewer name and names of any other individual's who aided in reviewer Chris Armit
Do you understand and agree to our policy of having open and named reviews, and having your review included with the published papers. (If no, please inform the editor that you cannot review this manuscript.) Yes
Is the language of sufficient quality? Yes
Please add additional comments on language quality to clarify if needed The data description as provided at the following URL is in English: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/1fef1ead-3d02-495e-8ff1-6aeb01123408. However, the data description as provided at the following URL is in Spanish: https://doi.org/10.15470/t5a1os
Are all data available and do they match the descriptions in the paper? No
Additional Comments 1. The GBIF record refers to the following: “The dataset includes occurrence records of “adult mosquitoes” from 31798 anonymous Mosquito Alert citizen scientists.” • https://www.gbif.org/dataset/1fef1ead-3d02-495e-8ff1-6aeb01123408 However, the metadata only lists the occurrence records of 13,700 mosquitoes. 2. In addition, there are 40,978 mosquito images in the BioImage Archive dataset and GPS coordinates are provided for these images. However, the GBIF metadata only lists the occurrence records of 13,700 mosquitoes. 3. In the manuscript, the authors state the following: • “Mosquito Alert also provided the first record of Ae. (Fredwardsius) vittatus in northwestern Spain and it has contributed tomosquito biodiversity knowledgemore broadly” However, there is no mention of Aedes vittatus in the GBIF metadata.
Are the data and metadata consistent with relevant minimum information or reporting standards? See GigaDB checklists for examples <a href="http://gigadb.org/site/guide" target="_blank">http://gigadb.org/site/guide</a> No
Additional Comments There are major discrepancies between the manuscript and the metadata that is available for download from the GBIF dataset.
Is the data acquisition clear, complete and methodologically sound? Yes
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Is there sufficient detail in the methods and data-processing steps to allow reproduction? Yes
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Is there sufficient data validation and statistical analyses of data quality? Yes
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Is the validation suitable for this type of data? Yes
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Is there sufficient information for others to reuse this dataset or integrate it with other data? Yes
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Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author
Recommendation Major Revision