What information is allowed to be submitted?

1. Antibody

   1. Provide Validation

      Antibody validation means that the experimental proof that an antibody is suitable for its intended purpose (Weller 2018). You can submit antibody validation data from an experiment, an existing paper, or a publicly available database.

   2. Antibody Has Issue

      Report antibody issues such as non-specific from an experiment, an existing paper, or a publicly available database.

   3. Antibody Discontinued

      Report that an antibody is no longer available for purchase.

2. Cell Line

   1. Provide Validation

      Report the STR (short tandem repeat) profiling form including method, results, and the date that the STR profiling was performed. The STR profiling performed by a company or a core facility with cell line authentication service is preferred. Definition about STR can be found in these published document (Almeida JL et al. PLoS Biol. 2016; ANSI/ATCC ASN-0002-2011)

   2. Cell Lines Has Issue

      Report cell line issues from an experiment, an existing paper, or a publicly available database.

   3. Cell Lines Discontinued

      Report the information about a contaminated cell line.

   4. Cell Lines Misidentified

      Report that a cell line is misidentified such as mislabeling, or other laboratory errors. Misidentification means that the cell line no longer corresponds to the original donor and may come from an entirely different species, tissue or disease (definition from National Library of Medicine).

   5. Cell Lines Misclassified

      Report that a cell line is misclassified, i.e., fibroblasts cell lines are misclassified as cancer cell lines.

3. Tools

   1. Provide Validation

      You can submit tool validation data from an experiment, an existing paper, or a publicly available database.

   2. Tool Has Issue

      Report tool issues from an experiment, an existing paper, or a publicly available database.

   3. Tool Discontinued

      Report that a tool is no longer in service.

What are the supporting documents/information that we accept on this platform?

1. PMID

   PMID is the unique identifier number used in PubMed for each article. You can look them up by typing the article title into PubMed. It has a prefix “PMID:”, for example, “PMID:26393351”. Please note that PMID and PMCID are not the same thing. We only accept PMID.

2. DOI

   A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique and persistent identifier for the digital object with which it is associated. DOIs are commonly assigned to scientific articles in their electronic form, for example: “DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136206”.

3. URL

   The address of a web page, for example, “https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26393351/”.

4. PDF

   You can upload a file in PDF format for a paper or document.

5. Image

   You can upload image files, such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF.

How is your submission reviewed?

For the researchers' contributions, the information will be reviewed by curators in 5-7 business days and the data will be released to the public after curation has been completed. Curators will review the submitted data to ensure its adherence to standards. The curators may request additional information or documentation to support the submission.

The data in the BRW is with the CC-BY license, which means that it permits sharing and reuse of the material, for any purpose, as long as the original authors are credited. Anyone using the material must provide credit to the BioMed Resource Watch and original sources and indicate clearly any changes that were made, and there is a legal obligation to do this. We are currently working on integrating data to the Resource Information Network including dkNET’s Resource Reports and resolver at RRID portal.

If the curator rejects or takes down a submission, we will document the reason that the information is taken down. If there is competing information, we will make the information available. If a user or a commercial company disagrees with the accuracy of the information, the user or a commercial company can submit a dispute with supporting publications. Please see details under disclaimer or terms of condition.