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August 18, 2024
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Creating of a xylarium and herbarium with a preventive conservation profile: review of procedures and materials

Publicated to: Museum Management and Curatorship. 40 (4): 555-579 - 2025-07-04 40(4), DOI: 10.1080/09647775.2024.2375989

Authors:

Silva, JL; Bordalo, R; Pissarra, J; de Palacios, P; Vieira, C; Vieira, E
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Affiliations

Ciencia Univ Porto, MHNC UP, UPorto,PRISC, Museu Hist Nat, Porto, Portugal - Author
Univ Catol Portuguesa, Res Ctr Sci & Technol Arts, Sch Arts, Porto, Portugal - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Sch Forestry Engn & Nat Environm, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Porto, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, Porto, Portugal - Author
Univ Porto, Green UPorto, Porto, Portugal - Author
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Abstract

The significance of plant material sample deposits extends beyond the scientific community, with various industries, historians, and law enforcement agencies increasingly relying on them. Preserving global xylariums and herbariums is essential for accessing centuries of data, species, and samples that may no longer exist in their original locations or may be extinct. While maintaining these archives is crucial, it is equally important to ensure proper collection, structure, organization, and classification of new xylariums and herbariums. In that order, a preventive conservation approach is essential to ensure future research by defining actions, materials, and uses to prevent degradative factors and potential harm to the collection This guarantees future accessibility to valuable samples and the knowledge they offer. The paper explores key factors in xylarium and herbarium construction and preservation, including sample drying, pest control, preventive measures, archival materials, facilities, and handling procedures.
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Keywords

ConservationDegradationHerbariumPreservationWoodXylariuXylarium

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Museum Management and Curatorship due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 6 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/87674/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 108
  • Downloads: 75
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal.

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Awards linked to the item

We would like to acknowledge the Portuguese Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) for the PhD grant (UI/BD/151009/2021) for Jose Luis Amorim Silva and for funding the Strategic Projects UID/EAT/0622/2016 of CITAR - Research Center for the Science and Technology of the Arts, Porto, Portugal
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