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What is a Scientific Investigations Report?

Significant data and interpretations of lasting scientific interest but generally narrower in scope than Professional Papers.  Includes collections of related papers addressing different aspects of a single scientific topic, either issued as individual chapters or as a single volume; proceedings and abstracts for USGS-sponsored meetings; some field trip guidebooks and road logs; and general manuals.

Includes some publications that formerly would have been released as interpretive Biological Science Reports, BRD Information and Technology Series reports, Bulletins, Water Resources Investigations Reports, Digital Data Series, and Open-File Reports.

 

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