RIO Journal

📒 A total of 10 research project outputs, including Grant Proposal, Guidelines, Policy Briefs, various reports & deliverables, as well as Research Articles 🔓openly available in the @pollinERA_eu collection in our #openscience journal! 👉 See: doi.org/10.3897/rio.co…🔗

🧒 A survey of 6 to 12-year-olds reports: 🐝 70% know bees are “useful & necessary” 🌱 78% think “plants need bees” ⚠️ Generally, however, the kids do not understand the role of bees in #ecosystems. 🔓 Research Article: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11…

🆕A Research Idea by @HideyukiDoi introduces a vision where advanced #generative models are utilised to not only see a proposed design, but witness its potential dynamics, e.g. how #green infrastructure responds to #climate events. 👉 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11…

🆕The @BioGenEurope - which now gives way to BGE+ - represented a landmark in European research collaboration, bringing together the #DNAbarcoding (@iBOLEurope) and #reference #genomes (@erga_biodiv) communities. 🔓Check out the Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.12….

Happy World Wildlife Day 2026! 🌿🐾 This year, we’re honouring the theme “Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage, and Livelihoods”. 🔗 Read our full blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2026/03/03/pen… #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2026 #PhytoKeys

🆕 The @MAMBO_EU consortium used their project's #openscience collection in our journal to share a project report (=same PDF they submitted to @EU_Commission!) + a #conference #abstract from #LivingData2025! 🔎 Explore 51 project outputs by @MAMBO_EU: doi.org/10.3897/rio.co…

🌊The project #AQUANAVI is creating an interactive atlas of #aquatic #mesocosm -based experimental research using Open Knowledge Maps' AI-driven visual discovery tools to facilitate efficient use of Research Infrastructures. 🔓Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11…

🌊 Earlier in 2025, a workshop brought together #researchers, who pioneered heated settlement plates approaches for studying #benthic assemblages responses to warming in polar and temperate seas, with a broader international community. 🔓Workshop Report: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11…

🆕 Recently, the @MAMBO_EU project consortium added a couple of new #research outputs to their #openscience project collection! 📄These include a Policy Brief with recommendations about novel tech to be used in #pollinator #monitoring. 🔎 Collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.co….

Building on prior work involving 27,000+ notebooks and the #FAIR Jupyter Knowledge Graph, the #FAIRJupyter4AI project is to set a new standard for #reproducible & #AI-enhanced computational science. 🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11….

⚠️ Large-scale #tourism is the main concern for stakeholders in the Broad Belt Transect of #Heraklion Bay, reports @marbefes: a @HorizonEU-funded project. 🔓 Research study: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11…. 🔗 See more project results in the @marbefes collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.co…

Earlier in 2025, @icimod brought together key officials from Bhutan, India & Nepal for a consultative workshop focused on #human - #wildlife conflict management in the #Himalayan mid-hills: a region often overlooked in favour of the foothills. 📃Report: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11….

🤔 How could #research #infrastructures be designed to embed #open #principles throughout their development & operation? 📃 Open-by-design reference framework & guidance as prerequisites for a thriving #research and knowledge ecosystem proposed: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11…

The best thing about big events like #EntSoc25 is that we get to meet with so many happy authors! Stop by @Pensoft's booth #715 to say hi to our team and learn about our latest news!

#Cyberinfrastructure alignment workshop was held in May at @CUBoulder as part of the @NSF-funded project: Community-driven enhancement of information ecosystems for the discovery & use of #paleontological #specimen data. 🔓Check out activities & outcomes: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11…

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🌊The @BIOPOLE_NERC project brings together #fieldwork & innovative #modelling to determine how polar #ecosystems regulate the balance of #carbon & nutrients in the world’s oceans; and their effect on global fish stocks & carbon storage. 📄Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11…

🆕Updated Gender Equality Plan by @LifeWatchERIC promotes gender equality & equity. 🫶 It reflects @LifeWatchERIC's commitment to creating a fair, inclusive & respectful working environment. 🔎 See: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11…. 📚 Part of the collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.co….

We met with RIO author Lina Estupinan Suarez at #LivingData2025 and we couldn’t resist snapping a quick photo at the @Pensoft booth! 📸

"From literature to biodiversity data: mining arthropod organismal and ecological traits with machine learning," a talk by our author @rmwaterhouse at #LivingData2025