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. 2022 May 30;2022:gigabyte54. doi: 10.46471/gigabyte.54
Reviewer name and names of any other individual's who aided in reviewer Rebecca Boger
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
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Are all data available and do they match the descriptions in the paper? Yes
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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> Yes
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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 It is a well written article that explains the dataset. The citizen science dataset has been growing over the past 10 years (or about this), and considerable thought has gone into creating a dataset with quality control features embedded in the design. Starting in Spain, it is growing in contributions and usage around the world. It is an important dataset for vector-borne diseases and will increase in importance as mosquito vectors spread due to human activity and climate change. Very few quality datasets like this one exist. In fact, this may be the only one that has extensive data quality procedures. Concerning the review criteria listed on page https://gigabytejournal.com/reviewer-information, the article and associated dataset meets all criteria. I reviewed the site, https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-BIAD249. Images can be downloaded through the BioImage repository. I don't find this the easiest interface to search for images to view and/or download, but that is not the fault of the Mosquito Alert dataset. The Mosquito Alert dataset does show successful interoperability to make the images available that have gone through a quality control process. For this site, https://doi.org/10.15470/t5a1os, it looks clear and well organized. I don't read Spanish, so some of the information I didn't understand, but I could see ways to see the data in maps, reports, metadata, and the data. It is well documented and referenced. Considerable thought has gone into the design of the website, and the quality of the data that is open sourced and available for use. I recommend this article.
Recommendation Accept