Scientific Data
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165 papers with at least that number of citations each
Aims & Scope
Scientific Data is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, and research that advances the sharing and reuse of scientific data. We aim to promote wider data sharing and reuse, and to credit those that share. Scientific Data primarily publishes Data Descriptors, a new type of publication that provides detailed descriptions of research datasets, including the methods used to collect the data and technical analyses supporting the quality of the measurements. Data Descriptors focus on helping others reuse data, rather than testing hypotheses, or presenting new interpretations, methods or in-depth analyses. Scientific Data also welcomes submissions describing analyses or meta-analyses of existing data, and original articles on systems, technologies and techniques that advance data sharing and reuse to support reproducible research. Scientific Data offers a streamlined but thorough peer-review process that evaluates the rigour and quality of the experiments used to generate the data and the completeness of the description of the data. The actual data are stored in one or more public, community-recognized repositories, and release of the data is verified as a condition of publication. Scientific Data is open to submissions from a broad range of natural science disciplines, including, but not limited to, data from the life, biomedical and environmental science communities. Submissions may describe big or small data, from new experiments or value-added aggregations of existing data, from major consortiums and single labs. We are also willing to consider descriptions of quantitative datasets from the social sciences, particularly those that may be of use for integrative analyses that stretch across the traditional discipline boundaries between the life, biomedical, environmental and social sciences.
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisScientific Data (acronym: scidata, abbr: SCI. DATA, ISSN: 2052-4463) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Social Sciences, published by Springer Nature in England since 2014. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 7.20, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 1.907 (Q1), an H-index of 165.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 290 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,823 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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