Journal Information

Scientific Data is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for descriptions of datasets, and research that advances the sharing and reuse of scientific data. Read our key principles ▸

Scientific Data welcomes submissions from all areas of natural sciences, medicine, engineering and social sciences. Scientific Data primarily publishes Data Descriptors, a type of publication that focuses on helping others reuse data and crediting those who share. Read our aims & scope ▸

All content is hosted on nature.com – the destination of millions of scientists globally every month. Publications are indexed in PubMed, MEDLINE, Google Scholar and Clarivate's Web of Science, and are automatically deposited into PubMed Central.

Editors and Editorial Board

Our Editors and Senior Editorial Board guide the policies, standards and editorial scope of Scientific Data, while our diverse Editorial Board of active researchers oversee peer review of each submitted manuscript.

Open Access

All content is published under an open access Creative Commons licence. To publish in Scientific Data authors are required to pay an article-processing charge (APC).

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