Scientific Data is an open-access journal for descriptions of valuable research datasets. The journal aims to promote wider data sharing and reuse, as well as credit those that share their data. Scientific Data is open to submissions from a broad range of scientific disciplines, including descriptions of big and small data, from major consortiums, single labs and individuals.

Find out about submitting today: scientificdatareplies@nature.com

To help you understand the value of publishing with Scientific Data and the quality of datasets that have already been described in your area, we’re pleased to offer a selection of papers relevant to environmental science, which have been handpicked by our team.

Near-global freshwater-specific environmental variables for biodiversity analyses in 1 km resolution
Sami Domisch et al.
http://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201573

The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes
Chris Funk et al.
http://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201566

By publishing your data with Scientific Data your research will benefit from:

Credit – generating citations and gaining recognition for your data
Awareness – enabling data you generate to be available to your peers and community
Discoverability – all papers included in PubMed, PubMed Central, MEDLINE and Google Scholar, as well as being published on nature.com
Reusability – allowing your data to be utilised in future experiments and research
Accessibility – papers and their associated data are published fully open access

Praise for Scientific Data:
“The detailed guidance meant that I could select the sections most relevant to my data and ensured that all the important information needed was included resulting in a smooth review process” Dr Rachel Hale, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton

“Our experience with Scientific Data was excellent. It does a very good job of filling a much needed niche” United States researcher

“An exceptional experience never had with Editors of other journals” James Adjaye, Heinrich Heine University

“…a fantastic initiative, and has been well executed” Australian researcher