Scientific Data
A peer-reviewed, open-access journal for descriptions of datasets, and research that advances the sharing and reuse of scientific data.
Beginning to study religion around the world
Religion is just about everywhere, but psychologists of religion have not studied it much beyond the United States and Western Europe. The International Death Survey was a step to address this cultural myopia, focussing on religion's relationship to death.
GCN250, the first high resolution global data set for runoff curve numbers
In 2018, Scientific Data published the first global soils data set (HYSOGs250m) that can be directly used for curve-number (CN)-based runoff modeling. While the CN method was developed in the United States by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), it’s international adaptation has quickly grown.
Bridging scales in neuroscience
Bridging scales in neuroscience, from the level of proteins and molecules to large-scale networks, is an important endeavour in broadening our understanding of how the brain works. In our newly published Data Descriptor in Scientific Data, we provide a dataset and tools to help achieve this goal.
Refining our policies on co-authorship requirements
Editorial from Scientific Data addressing the conflict between co-authorship requirements and open science
