Data sharing & publication at Elsevier

Hylke Koers,Head of Content Innovation

July 2016

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Supporting & encouraging researchers to share their data – offering a choice of

solutions

Elsevier Research Data Policy

To help researchers store, share, discover, and use data

“Raw research data should be made freely available to all researchers wherever possible” – STM Brussels Declaration 2007

Data-linking program

Data micro-articles

(Data in Brief)

Standards bodies & working groups

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In-article Data Visualization

Mendeley Data

Repository

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Linking through in-article data accession numbers Database banners shown next to

the article on ScienceDirect

See http://www.elsevier.com/databaselinking

• Elsevier has an extensive program with 60+ leading (domain-specific) data repositories to interlink articles and data

• Makes it easier to find relevant data and place data into the right context• Linking through in-article accession numbers, data DOI’s, or data

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1. Data-linking program

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See http://www.elsevier.com/databaselinking

Data repository listing on Elsevier.com

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2. Mendeley Data Repository

Link to article

Version and DOI

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3. In-article data visualization: iPlots

Article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926860X14003688

Displaying plot data in CSV format delivered by the author as supplementary material. Allows to access , explore, and download data behind plots.

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4. Data in Brief (Data Journals)

“Data in Brief” articles are a thorough description of data, making datasets truly accessible and reproducible.

Links to primary data stored at domain-specific data repositories

Article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213596013000056

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5. Research Data Working Groups and Industry Standards• Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles: best-

practices to cite data in articles for better linking and credit• Research Data Alliance & ICSU World Data System:

Tackling a broad range of interconnected issues around Data Publication (workflows, bibliometrics, cost recovery, services)

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Standards bodies & working groups

Work in Progress: A more integrated submission workflow for researchers1. Simple2. Clear (including value for the researcher)3. Integrated

The Challenge: Bringing It All Together

Data-linking program

Data micro-articles

(Data in Brief)

In-article Data Visualization

Mendeley Data

Repository

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Annex

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Research Data vs. Supplementary Material

The precise notion of what constitutes research data will differ from field to field but broadly speaking it refers to the result of observations or experimentation that are necessary to validate research findings. Research data can include but are not limited to: raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, materials.

Research data do not include text in manuscript or final published article form, nor do they include data or other materials submitted and published as part of a journal article.