If you use any data from the NBN Atlas, you must cite or acknowledge both the NBN Atlas and the individual Data Partners (also referred to as data providers) and their datasets (also referred to as data resources) of records licenced under OGL, CC-BY and CC-BY-NC. This includes occurrence records, maps, and summary information (e.g., species group counts) viewed on the NBN Atlas.
How to cite
Please follow these guidelines:
1. NBN Atlas
NBN Trust ([Year]). The National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Atlas. https://nbnatlas.org/
If you have downloaded the occurrence records, please also include the citation below (which is supplied in the README.html download file).
NBN Atlas occurrence download at https://nbnatlas.org accessed on [date of download, e.g.,13 December 2023]
2. Data Partners & Datasets
All occurrence records on the NBN Atlas are shared by the NBN Atlas Data Partners. All Data Partners and their datasets used should be credited. Note for records subject to an OGL, CC-BY, or CC-BY-NC licence this is a requirement of the licence conditions, meaning these record MUST be credited.
Use the following format for citing Data Partners:
Records provided by [Data Partner name], accessed through the NBN Atlas website
Dataset citations can be found on the occurrence records details page (in the Bibliographic citation field) or via the Dataset metadata page (see full list of Data Partner pages here and the dataset metadata pages can be accessed via the Data Partner’s page or search use the dataset search)
Download the records for the ‘citation.csv’ and ‘README.html’ files for a full list of citations and DOIs to be used for the Data Partners and their datasets. These files can be included in an appendix or supplementary material.
3. A species page
If you have used a species page to assess a species distribution i.e., accessed via the species search, please use the following citation:
NBN Trust ([Year]). [species name e.g., Atlantic Puffin] map on the NBN Atlas: [link to species page, e.g.,https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS000000001]
4. Details accessed from Location search pages
If you have viewed any of the record count summaries/maps via the location search pages (i.e., Explore your Area or Explore by predefined area), this includes if you have referenced the counts shown on this page or taken a screenshot of the maps, you MUST credit the Data Partners and datasets used to produce these counts (information on Data Partners and datasets can be accessed via the ‘view records/view selected records‘ links/buttons or ‘Download records’ button (where available).
Please also include the following citation:
NBN Trust ([Year]). The National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Atlas. https://nbnatlas.org/explore/your-area#55.6531|-3.1936|16|ALL_SPECIES