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Chemistry International -- Newsmagazine for IUPAC
From the journal Chemistry International -- Newsmagazine for IUPAC Volume 32 Issue 1

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Primary Data for Chemistry

In collaboration with the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), the scientific publisher Thieme is making primary chemistry data accessible worldwide. Analytical data, from various experiments, is the foundation of research work and scientific papers. From now on, primary data will be registered and made available online via the Thieme eJournals website using digital object recognition in the form of Digital Object Identifiers (DOI). This will enable scientists to easily locate research articles, including accompanying data, and make enhanced use of the scientific content.

Primary data is scientific data gathered from experimental measurements and predominately available in electronic formats. In the field of chemistry, such data is accumulated by a variety of analytical, spectroscopic, or computer simulation methods. Thus far, the vast amount of data lies scattered on the computers of scientists who have produced the information. As no central repository exists, no archival storage is possible at the moment. Scientific results are solely published in journals—but not the primary data from which those results originate. Due to the missing credit that working up such data currently receives, primary data is often poorly documented, difficult to access, and not saved for the long term.

Susanne Haak, the managing editor responsible for chemistry journals at Thieme explains, “Access to primary data is a fundamental condition for research work, particularly in the natural sciences.” Therefore, Thieme and experts from TIB have developed a uniform structure for publishing primary data. Through structuring and central data registration, a Germany-wide unique service of TIB, valuable knowledge will be harnessed.

“The data will be permanently saved and, by assigning them a DOI, made accessible and searchable, as well as citable and linkable,” states Jan Brase from the TIB Registration Agency. An additional positive effect is that authors receive recognition for their research work.

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ci.2010.32.1.23b

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  1. Masthead
  2. From the Editor
  3. Contents
  4. “. . . for the times they are a-changin”
  5. The Myth of Insufficient Information
  6. What is a Mole? Old Concepts and New
  7. A Fixed Avogadro Constant or a Fixed Carbon-12 Molar Mass: Which One to Choose?
  8. Closing Comments from Ian M. Mills
  9. The Impact of Depleted 6Li on the Standard Atomic Weight of Lithium
  10. IUPAC in Glasgow, Scotland
  11. IUPAC Welcomes New Members
  12. Chemical Heritage Foundation Fellowships
  13. New Leadership at IOCD
  14. CrossRef Invites You to its Labs
  15. Primary Data for Chemistry
  16. Major Update to IYC Website Completed
  17. In Memoriam: Pan Ming Huang (1934–2009)
  18. Coordination Polymers and Metal Organic Frameworks: Terminology and Nomenclature Guidelines
  19. Provisional Recommendations
  20. ChemShow
  21. Element podcast
  22. Concepts in Toxicology
  23. Polymer Colloids: From Design to Biomedical and Industrial Applications
  24. Self-Healing Materials
  25. think poly
  26. Novel Aromatic Compounds
  27. Mendeleev’s 175 Anniversary in Tobolsk
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