Research Data

Research data are elementary for the earth sciences. Working with data has become a focal point in sciences in the last years. 

Access, data publication and re-use are the important keywords.

 

Blog AlbertOpen provides information on current developments

 

In the 'Principles for the Handling of Research Data' the Alliance of German Science Organisations adopted elementary agreements



re3data.org helps you to find an appropriate Data Repository. Search within 700 records:


Publication of scientific data at GFZ

The GFZ serves access to scientific data in different ways.

Starting in 2012 the library offers some formats for data publishing which where not available up to now. Following the standard in scientific text publications all data sets get a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) assigned, can be cited and are publicly and persistently available.

Furthermore, the journals: Earth System Science Data (ESSD), Earth and Space Science, Geoscience Data Journal or Scientific Data offer an alternative way to publish data.

Building a Culture of Data Citation / Poster [pdf, 1,3 MB]
Building a Culture of Data Citation / Poster [pdf, 1,3 MB]

Data in Horizon 2020

Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data in Horizon 2020
Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data in Horizon 2020 (European Commission, 2013, PDF, 321 KB)