The submitted dataset contains the metadata collected from 500 articles in
the field of ecology and evolution. This includes articles from the
following journals: Ecology and Evolution, PLoS One, Proceedings of the
Royal Society B, Ecology and the preprint server bioRxiv. Direct
identifiers have been removed from the dataset. These included the first
and last names of authors. No more than three indirect identifiers have
been provided. Information found herein includes article titles, number of
authors and ECR status, among others. A README file has been attached to
provide greater details about the dataset.