Publishing one’s research data : A new open Scientific Data journal
From the post:
A new Journal called ‘Scientific Data‘ to be launched by Nature in May 2014 has made a call for submissions. What makes this publication unique is that it is open-access, online-only publication for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, which aims to foster data sharing and reuse, and ultimately to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery.
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From the journal homepage:
Launching in May 2014 and open now for submissions, Scientific Data is a new open-access, online-only publication for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, initially focusing on the life, biomedical and environmental science communities
Scientific Data exists to help you publish, discover and reuse research data and is built around six key principles:
- Credit: Credit, through a citable publication, for depositing and sharing your data
- Reuse: Complete, curated and standardized descriptions enable the reuse of your data
- Quality: Rigorous community-based peer review
- Discovery: Find datasets relevant to your research
- Open: Promotes and endorses open science principles for the use, reuse and distribution of your data, and is available to all through a Creative Commons license
- Service: In-house curation, rapid peer-review and publication of your data descriptions
Possibly an important source of scientific data in the not so distant future.