Different Types of Data Journal

There are data journals for various disciplines and also more general data journals exist. A widespread standard PID is the DOI. DOI stands for ‘Digital Object Identifier’. A DOI is an alphanumeric string assigned to an object which allows for an object to be identified over time. Often a DOI will be presented as a link which looks like: https://doi.org/10.1109/5.771073. There are other identifiers available which some repositories may use instead. If you are depositing in a reputable repository then you should be given some type of persistent identifier which you can use to cite and link to your data.

Examples of generic data journals:

• Scientific Data
• Data in Brief
• Data Science Journal

Examples of disciplinary data journals:

• Open archaeology data;
• Earth System Science Data;
• Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences.