We list here scientific publications about the Ocean Best Practices System. For presentations, abstracts and general articles, see Information Materials page. See our Newsletter page to learn how to submit to Good, Better, Best and to access archive issues. |
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Journal Articles – peer reviewed
2021 |
Pearlman, J., Buttigieg, P.L., Bushnell, M., Delgado, C., Hermes, J., Heslop, E., Hörstmann, C., Isensee, K., Karstensen, J., Lambert, A., Lara-Lopez, A., Muller-Karger, F., Munoz Mas, C., Pearlman, F., Pissierssens, P., Przeslawski. R., Simpson, P., van Stavel, J. and Venkatesan R. (2021) Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices to enable Interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:619685, 7pp. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.619685 |
2021 |
Hörstmann, C., Buttigieg, P.L., Simpson, P., Pearlman, J. and Waite, A.M. (2021) Perspectives on Documenting Methods to Create Ocean Best Practices. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:556234, 5pp. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.556234 |
2020 |
Van Stavel, J., Karstensen, J.,Hermes, J. and Pearlman, J. (2020) Planning a sustainable future for Earth’s oceans, Eos, 101, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EO148206. Published on 25 August 2020. |
2019 |
Pearlman, J., Bushnell, M., Coppola, L., Karstensen, J., Buttigieg, P.L., Pearlman, F., Simpson, P., (…) Whoriskey, F. (2019) Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices and Standards for the Next Decade. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:277, 19pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00277 |
2018 |
Bushnell, M. and Ocean Best Practices Working Group (2018) Sharing Best Practices Among Operators and Users of Oceanographic Data: Challenge, Status and Plans of the Ocean Best Practices Project. Marine Technology Society Journal, 52(3), pp.8-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.52.3.11 |
2018 |
Hermes, J., J. Pearlman, and P. L. Buttigieg (2018) What’s the best way to responsibly collect ocean data?, Eos, 99, [1p.]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EO096533 |
Reports
2020 | Hörstmann, C.; Buttigieg, P.L.; Simpson, P.; Pearlman, J. ; Karstensen, J. and Waite, A.M. (2020) Towards a Best Practice for Developing Best Practices in Ocean Observation (BP4BP): Supporting Methodological Evolution through Actionable Documentation. Paris, France, UNESCO, 33pp. (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Manuals and Guides No. 84). (IOC/2020/MG/84). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-781 |
Conference and Workshop Papers/Proceedings
2020 |
Buttigieg, P.L.; Caltagirone, S.; Simpson, P. and Pearlman, J.S. (2020) The Ocean Best Practices System – Supporting a Transparent and Accessible Ocean. In: Ocean 2019, MTS/IEEE, Seattle WA, USA, 2019, pp. 1-5. |
2019 |
Simpson, P., Pearlman, F. and Pearlman J. (eds) (2019) Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices Workshop II, 04– 06 December 2018, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Paris, France: Proceedings. AtlantOS/ODIP/OORCN Ocean Best Practices Working Group, 35pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-436 |
2018 |
Simpson, P., Pearlman, F. and Pearlman J. (eds) (2018) Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices Workshop, 15 – 17 November 2017, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Paris, France: Proceedings. AtlantOS/ODIP/OORCN Ocean Best Practices Working Group, 74pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-3 |
2017 |
Pearlman, J., Buttigieg, P. L., Simpson, P., Munoz, C., Heslop, E. and Hermes, J. (2017) Accessing Existing and Emerging Best Practices for Ocean Observation, a new approach for end-to-end management of best practices. In: Proceedings of the Oceans’17, Anchorage: Conference, MTS/IEEE. Anchorage, AK: IEEE |