[ESIP-all] Data Set Publications

Menas Kafatos mkafatos at compton.gmu.edu
Tue May 6 19:55:30 EDT 2003


Thanks Bob. We have discussed this particular journal. Although
peer-reviewed and put out by a well-known organization, it tends to focus
on more general issues, including data policy, than what we have in mind.

Menas
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On Sun, 4 May 2003, Bob Chen wrote:

> Vanessa et al.--
> 
> The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) of the
> International Council for Science (ICSU) now publishes the Data
> Science Journal, an online peer-reviewed journal focused on the
> management of scientific and technological data and databases. The
> journal is accessible at:
> 
> http://www.datasciencejournal.org/
> 
> The journal began in 2002 and has published three issues to date.
> The scope of the journal is listed below.
> 
> The journal submission instructions don't appear to have any explicit
> instructions regarding the citation of datasets. If you're interested,
> I can ask the Editor and/or the Journal Subcommittee of the CODATA
> Executive Board about this (I'm a member of the Executive Board, but
> not this subcommittee).
> 
> If you have any specific questions about the journal, please let me
> know.
> 
> Cheers, Bob.
> 
> *****
> Dr. Robert S. Chen
> Deputy Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network
>  (CIESIN), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
> Manager, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
> P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
> tel. +1 845-365-8952; fax +1 845-365-8922
> e-mail: bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu
> CIESIN World Wide Web site: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu
> SEDAC World Wide Web site: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu
> 
> 
> Data
> 
>     * Data capture, synthesis, analysis, evaluation; metadata; data
> generation
>     * Data structures; data storage, indexing, retrieval;
>     * Data exchange and sharing;
>     * Data display and manipulation;
>     * Data dissemination strategies; printing, CD-ROM, internet;
> * Data quality, data consistency, data standards;
> 
> Database
> 
>     * Database planning, design, maintenance; archiving;
>     * Interfacing databases to the internet; to other systems, to data
> products; interoperability;
>     * Database standards; compatibility; federated databases;
>     * Data mining, data science;
>     * Human-computer interfaces; visualisation in databases;
>     * Use of database packages, commercial issues; distributed
> databases;
>     * Legal issues, intellectual property rights; data policy; data
> access;
> * Financial management, pricing, charging, marketing, selling;
> e-commerce;
> 
> Applications
> 
>     * Industrial applications, industrial requirements;
>     * Adding intelligence to data systems, data modelling;
> * Novel applications; case studies; interdisciplinary systems 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2 May 2003, Vanessa Griffin wrote:
> 
> > Everyone:
> > 
> > The Federation E-Jounal working group is interested in knowing what, if any 
> > journals accept articles about data sets (two examples brought to my 
> > attention are an ESA Journal, Ecological Archives and an AGU journal 
> > G-Cubed).  I would also like to know what peer-reviewed Journals accept 
> > data set citations (as references) and what their citation requirements are.
> > 
> > The working group needs to understand the support for data set publications 
> > and citations by the main stream journals so we can decide how best to 
> > approach the new E-Journal proposal.
> > 
> > Can you send me responses as quickly as possible?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Vanessa
> > 
> > 
> > Vanessa L. Griffin
> > Science Operations Manager
> > Earth Science Data and Information Systems Project
> > Code 423
> > Goddard Space Flight Center
> > Greenbelt MD 20771
> > voice: 301-614-5365
> > fax: 301-614-5267
> > email: vanessa.l.griffin at nasa.gov
> > pager: 1-800-759-8888 PIN 1234623 
> > 
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