Research data

Data journals are emerging as another channel for researchers to publish their research outputs, including data. Data journals are publications whose main aim is to expose datasets more widely, and allow researchers to share their research data outputs. Some examples are listed below.

Scientifc Data (Nature)

Biodiversity Data Journal

GeoScience Data Journal

Data in Brief (Elsevier)

Journal of Open Archeology Data

Earth System Science Data

Journal of Open Psychology

Journal of Physical and Chemical Research Data

Journal of Open Research Software

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• American Physiological Society
• BioMed Central
• Nature Publishing Group
• Public Library of Science (PLoS)