Journal publishers data policies#
Here is a summary of relevant journal publishers data policies. Please note that while we do our best to interpret the policies and review these summaries, we cannot guarantee that they are always correct and up to date.
American_Geophysical_Union - AGU
Journals
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Water Resources Research
Open data policy
Guidelines
Some of the AGU journals also have their specific data guidance:
Requirements
No supplement is required, can be produced if data is new and not described in paper
DOI is not explicitly required
Software is required
American_Meteorological_Society - AMC
Journals
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Journal of Climate
Journal of Hydrometeorology
Journal of Physical Oceanography
Open data policy
Guidelines
Requirements
Data Availability Statement is required
DOI is required, if possible, for both data and software
Software is required wherever is central to the research
CSIRO_Publishing - CSIRO
Journals
Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science
Open data policy
Guidelines
Requirements
No supplement is required, but data can be provided as supplementary material
DOI is not explicitly required
Software is required
Data Availability Statement is required
Elsevier
Journals
Journal of Hydrology
Ocean Modelling
Open data policy
Guidelines
Requirements
No supplement is required, preferred approach is to share your data on the repository with DOI or publish in data journal
DOI is explicitly required
Software is not explicitly required
European_Geophysical_Union - EGU Copernicus publisher
Journals
Biogeosciences
Climate of the Past
Geoscientific Model Development
Open data policy For this publisher the policy depends on the journal
Guidelines
Requirements
No supplement is required if code/data is available from archive with DOI identifier
DOI is explicitly required
Software is required
Data Availability Statement required
If you have data you want to publish, they recommend submitting it to their partner journal Earth System Science Data (ESSD)
IOPscience
Journals
Environmental Research Letters
Open data policy IOP journals have a data policy that will be listed in the ‘about the journal’ section of their website. These will follow one of the following data policies:
For Environmental Research Letters the Data availability policy applies
Guidelines
Requirements
Supplementary data files are strongly recommended if their size is small (< 10 MB) otherwise use of a data repository is recommended.
DOI is not explicitly required but encouraged
Software is not explicitly required but encouraged
MDPI
Journals
Atmosphere
Applied Sciences
Open data policy MDPI does not have its own data policy, data requirements are covered as supplemental material. These requirements are based on the Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines
Guidelines
Requirements
No supplement is required, but data can be provided as supplementary material if size is small (< 60 MB)
DOI is not explicitly required
Software is required
Data Availability Statement is required
Nature
Journals
Nature
Nature Climate Change
Scientific Reports
Open data policy
Springer Nature Research Data Policy This covers 4 different kind of data policies:
Data sharing and data citation is encouraged
Data sharing and evidence of data sharing encouraged
Data sharing encouraged and statements of data availability required
Data sharing, evidence of data sharing and peer review of data required with publishing in Scientific Data (see Data policies)
Specific journal policies are listed for each journal under editorial policies, they are in line with the main Springer Nature data policy, linked above. The following is an example for Nature journal: Nature reporting data
Guidelines
Specifically for software, some journals will peer review code:
Requirements
No supplement is required but Nature Research journals encourage authors to consider the publication of a Data Descriptor in Scientific Data to increase transparency and enhance the re-use value of data sets used in their papers.
DOI is not explicitly required
Software is explicitly required
Data Availability Statement is required
Royal_Meteorological_Society - RMetS
Journals
International Journal of Climatology
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Open data policy
Guidelines NA
Requirements
No supplement is required
DOI is not explicitly required
Model code or software is seen as metadata rather than data
Data should be deposited in repositories that are permanent or have plans for succession
Springer
Journals
Climate Dynamics
Climatic Change
Open data policy
Springer Nature Research Data Policy This covers 4 different kind of data policies:
Data sharing and data citation is encouraged
Data sharing and evidence of data sharing encouraged
Data sharing encouraged and statements of data availability required
Data sharing, evidence of data sharing and peer review of data required with publishing in Scientific Data (see Data policies)
Specific journal policies are listed for each journal under “Submission guidelines”. They are usually in line with the type 3 data policy, as an example:
Climate Dynamics Research Data Policy
Guidelines
Requirements
DOI is not explicitly required
Software is not explicitly required
Data Availability Statement is required
Wiley_Blackwell - Wiley
Journals
Global Change Biology
Open data policy
This details 4 different levels of data sharing:
Expects Data Sharing
Mandates Data Sharing
Mandates Data Sharing and Peer Reviews Data
Information on which level is adopted is provided for each journal in the “Author guidelines: Editorial policies and Ethical Consideration” section.
The following is an example for Global Change Biology journal, which Mandates data sharing:
Global Change Biology data sharing policy
Guidelines
Requirements
DOI is not explicitly required
Software is explicitly required in some of the policies
Data Availability Statement is required in some of the policies