This is the Wikidata account of Sabine von Mering (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2982-7792). I am a biologist and data scientist based in Berlin. Part of my edits are related to the collections of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, where I am employed, but not necessarily made on behalf of this institution.
I am using Wikidata as a research tool for linking information about biodiversity and collections of natural history museums and other GLAM institutions. This includes connecting entities such as researcher and other agents linked to collections, museum collections, institutions, publications, expeditions and objects or specimens. I am interested in further exploring the potential of Wikidata and learning about new tools and best practice. My other interests include highlighting women scientists and other hidden figures or underrepresented groups.
von Mering S, Leachman S, Santos J, Meudt HM (2025). Wikidata for Botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data. Annals of Botany, mcaf062. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf062
von Mering S, Knapp S, Leachman S, Lindon HL, Gu Q, Vincent S, Ulloa Ulloa C (2025). The women honoured in plant genera: From myth to reality. Plants, People, Planet: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70050
von Mering S, Stolze E, Kaiser K, Petersen M (2024). Sharing data, caring for collections. Open data on collection agents affiliated with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Research Ideas and Outcomes 10: e118851. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e118851
von Mering S, Cubey RWN, Endresen D, Hendriksen A, Leachman S, Mietchen D, Santos J (2024) Advancing Community Curation of Research Expeditions: A Collaborative Journey with Wikidata and Biodiversity Information Standards. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 8: e138921. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.8.138921
von Mering S, Gardiner LM, Knapp S, Lindon H, Leachman S, Ulloa Ulloa C, Vincent S, Vorontsova MS (2023) Creating a multi-linked dynamic dataset: a case study of plant genera named for women. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e114408. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e114408
von Mering S, Braun PJ-C, Cubey RWN, Groom Q, Haston EM, Hendriksen A, Johaadien R, Leachman S, Marsden L, Rainer H, Santos J, Endresen D (2023) Modelling Research Expeditions in Wikidata: Best Practice for Standardisation and Contextualisation. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 7: e111427. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.111427
von Mering S, Kaiser K, Petersen M (2022) Transforming Closed Silos into Shared Resources: Opening up data on historical collection agents affiliated with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 6: e93787. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.93787
Dillen M, Haston EM, Kearney N, Paul DL, Santos J, Shorthouse DP, Vaughan A, von Mering S, Groom Q (2021) Is Your Collection Ambiguous? Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 5: e73702. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.5.73702
Groom Q, Bräuchler C, Cubey RWN, Dillen M, Huybrechts P, Kearney N, Klazenga N, Leachman S, Paul DL, Rogers H, Santos J, Shorthouse DP, Vaughan A, von Mering S, Haston EM (2022) The disambiguation of people names in biological collections. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e86089. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e86089
Schwarz A, Möhrle F, von Mering S (2023) Collections from Colonial Australia in Berlin's Museum für Naturkunde and the Challenges of Data Accessibility. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 7: e111980. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.111980
