Geoscience Data Journal provides an Open Access platform where scientific data can be formally published, in a way that includes scientific peer-review. Thus the dataset creator attains full credit for their efforts, while also improving the scientific record, providing version control for the community and allowing major datasets to be fully described, cited and discovered.
An online-only journal, GDJ publishes short data papers cross-linked to – and citing – datasets that have been deposited in approved data centres and awarded DOIs. The journal will also accept articles on data services, and articles which support and inform data publishing best practices.
Data is at the heart of science and scientific endeavour. The curation of data and the science associated with it is as important as ever in our understanding of the changing earth system and thereby enabling us to make future predictions. Geoscience Data Journal is working with recognised Data Centres across the globe to develop the future strategy for data publication, the recognition of the value of data and the communication and exploitation of data to the wider science and stakeholder communities.
Content description: A data article describes a dataset, giving details of its collection, processing, file formats etc., but does not go into detail of any scientific analysis of the dataset or draw conclusions from that data. The data paper should allow the reader to understand the when, why and how the data was collected, and what the data is.
Subject coverage: GDJ will accept contributions a broad range of geoscience disciplines, including, but not limited to: Weather and Climate; Oceanography; Atmospheric and Ocean Chemistry; Cryosphere; Biosphere, Land Surface and Geology, Hydrology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Planetary and Space Sciences.
Article publication fee: This is an Open Access journal and there will be a fee to publish – unless this is waived by the Editor for exceptional circumstances.

Editor-in-Chief
Dr Linden Ashcroft
School of Earth Sciences
University of Melbourne
Parkville
VIC Australia 3010
 
Associate Editors
Dr. Manola Brunet
Centre for Climate Change (C3), Director
University Rovira i Virgili
Dept. of Geography
Tarragona, Spain
 
 
Dr. Richard I. Crouthamel
Executive Director
International Environmental Data Rescue Organization
901 Main Street
Deale, Maryland 20751-9609 USA
 
 
Prof. Peter Fox
Earth and Environmental Science and Computer Science
World Tetherless Constellation Chair
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY, USA
 
 
Dr. Daniel R. Franco
Department of Geophysics
Observatório Nacional
R. General José Cristino, 77
20921-400 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 
Dr. Birgit Hassler
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
Münchener Str. 20
82234 Weßling
Germany
 
Jay Lawrimore
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville
North Carolina, USA
 
Prof. Chris Reason
Department of Oceanography
University Avenue
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch, 7701, RSA
 
Dr. Katherine Royse
Science Director of Environental Modelling
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre
Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG
UK
 
Dr Victoria Slonosky
Historical Canadian Climate Data Project
ACRE-Canada
Organizer, St-Lambert
Quebec, Canada
 
Dr. Jonathan Tedds
PI: Peer REview for Publication & Accreditation of
Research Data in the Earth sciences (PREPARDE)
Astronomical Surveys & Research Data Science (Physics & Astronomy)
University of Leicester
Leicester, UK
 
Claudia Vitolo
European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts
Shinfield Park
Reading, RG2 9AX
UK
 
Julia Wagemann
European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts
Shinfield Park
Reading, RG2 9AX
UK
 
Dr Liqiang Xu
Department of Geosciences
School of Resources and Environmental Engineering
Hefei University of Technology
Anhui 230009
China