Call for Submissions

Special Article Collection
Replication data

Organizers:

Brian Nosek (Center for Open Science & University of Virginia)

Andy DeSoto (Association for Psychological Science)

Martin Schweinsberg (INSEAD)

Partnered with the Open Science Framework

Scientific Data is inviting submissions releasing and describing datasets generated in the process of attempting to replicate one or more previous experimental studies. Submissions may be from a wide range of research disciplines including, but not limited to, the domains of psychology, biology and Earth science. Submitted articles may be considered for inclusion in a special article collection. Continue reading →

Call for Submissions

Special Article Collection
High Throughput Functional Genomic Screening
Organizers: Dr. Kaylene Simpson (Peter Mac) and Dr. Jennifer Smith (Harvard Medical School)

Scientific Data is inviting submissions releasing and describing functional genomic high throughput screen datasets. Submissions may be from a range of screening strategies that relied on a variety of different functional genomic libraries, including siRNA, shRNA, CRISPR, as well as cDNA and ORF overexpression libraries. Submitted articles may be considered for inclusion in a special article collection to be launched in September 2016. Continue reading →

Call for Submissions

Zika virus related datasets
Organizers: Jane Messina, Moritz Kraemer and Simon Hay
(University of Oxford & University of Washington)

Scientific Data is inviting submissions releasing and describing datasets related to Zika virus and the associated outbreak of microcephalic cases in South America. Submissions may be considered for inclusion in a special article collection on this topic. Continue reading →