Baker, EVincent, Sarah2025-02-242025-02-242019-10-302019-06-04Baker E, Vincent S (2019) A deafening silence: a lack of data and reproducibility in published bioacoustics research? Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e36783. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e367831314-283610.3897/bdj.7.e36783http://hdl.handle.net/10141/623239A study of 100 papers from five journals that make use of bioacoustic recordings shows that only a minority (21%) deposit any of the recordings in a repository, supplementary materials section or a personal website. This lack of deposition hinders re-use of the raw data by other researchers, prevents the reproduction of a project's analyses and confirmation of its findings and impedes progress within the broader bioacoustics community. We make some recommendations for researchers interested in depositing their data.openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.enJournal Article1314-2828Biodiversity Data Journal2025-02-107e36783-bioacousticsopen datareproducibilitysound librariesacoustic vouchers