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DNA-TrACK is work in progress and needs to be updated continuosly. We already have a collection of titles “not yet included”.Would it be possible to have a separate “database” of titles not yet included (Fields: Title, Authors, Journal, Year, DOI) with a feature that allows contributors to say “I am working on this” and then once they submit it to the DNA-TrACK database it is automatically removed from the “not yet included” list?

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Annica Gosch

Unfortunately, for scientific papers the author order is relevant. Is it possible to arrange authors names in a specific order?Additionally, it would be great, if all author names were submitted in an identical format, e.g. Lastname, Initial.Several authors appear in multiple format (e.g. Last name, Surname; Last name, Initial; Surname Last name).Can this be unified?

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How a about a “leaderboard” feature where the top 3 contributors with the highest number contributions will be displayed.

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Revised Text: About DNA-TrACK&nbsp;DNA-TrACK is a freely accessible, web-based literature database designed to support evidence evaluation in criminal proceedings involving DNA traces.While DNA evidence is often treated as objective proof of involvement in a crime, the presence of someone's DNA at a scene or on an object does not, by itself, establish how it got there. DNA can be transferred through everyday social contact, persist on surfaces for extended periods, or arrive via secondary or tertiary transfer pathways entirely unrelated to a criminal act. Understanding these mechanisms is essential for fair and scientifically sound evidence evaluation.This platform provides structured access to the published body of research on DNA transfer, persistence, prevalence and recovery. Originally developed in a Forensic Molecular Genetics research project by Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Cornelius Courts and Dr. rer. nat. Annica Gosch [1], DNA-TrACK-Web transforms this curated scientific knowledge into a tool that defense attorneys, courts, prosecutors, scientists and forensic experts can use to peruse existing knowledge.DNA-TrACK enables you to:<ul><li>Research alternative hypotheses for how a DNA trace may have originated</li><li>Identify relevant scientific studies for specific case scenarios</li><li>Understand which variables must be considered when evaluating DNA evidence at the activity level</li></ul>&nbsp;DisclaimerWe do not claim that ‘DNA-TrACK;’ contains a complete coverage of all publications available on DNA transfer. Publications might have escaped our attention or not have been considered relevant according to our criteria and might still be relevant to consider in a transfer scenario we did not think of.Third parties may freely use and contribute to DNA-TrACK as long as they correctly and fully cite its source and authors. Also, by using it third parties automatically agree that the authors are not responsible for the acts or omissions of third parties using it. Neither are they liable under any circumstances for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or other damages related to any person, service, procedure or other instances that may arise or in part be caused by using DNA-TrACK.&nbsp;&nbsp;For a detailed description of how 'DNA-TrACK' was assembled, please refer to appendix A of [1].&nbsp;We would like to point out, that ‘DNA-TrACK’ is limited in that the result section does only provide an overview of the general range of data obtained and relevant trends identified but is neither intended nor does it provide for the extraction of data or probabilities. Kokshoorn et al. [2] envisioned for a ‘knowledge base’ to not only contain a database for the collection of DNA transfer studies, but also turn this database into a tool for collecting the obtained data, grouping it according to relevant transfer scenarios and extracting the respective averages. In our opinion and based on our experiences with the generation of ‘DNA-TrACK’ such a tool cannot be built based on the available DNA transfer studies, mainly due to the large incongruity of how study design and results are reported (cf. [1] section 4.4). Additionally, we believe that a forensic expert can rely on ‘DNA-TrACK’ for the identification of studies relating to his question, but it remains his/her responsibility to peruse the studies and judge their reliability and relevance to his investigation by him/herself and not to uncritically extract the generated data.&nbsp;&nbsp;[1] Gosch, A., &amp; Courts, C. On DNA transfer: the lack and difficulty of systematic research and how to do it better. Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. 40 (2019) 24-36 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.01.012">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.01.012</a>[2] B. Kokshoorn, L.H.J. Aarts, R. Ansell, E. Connolly, W. Drotz, A.D. Kloosterman, L.G. McKenna, B. Szkuta, R.A.H. van Oorschot, Sharing data on DNA transfer, persistence, prevalence and recovery: Arguments for harmonization and standardization, Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. 37 (2018) 260–269. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.09.006">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.09.006</a>.