Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Chemistry Databank?
- Answer: ACS Chemistry Databank is a new service from ACS Publications that enables authors to share primary research data. The service offers clear guidance to authors on best practices for open science in chemistry. As a result, readers can access useful experimental data to learn, build upon, and replicate.
- Who is Dryad?
- Answer: Dryad is an open data publishing platform and a community committed to the open availability and routine re-use of all research data. Dryad is a leading provider of curation and publication services for scientific primary research data. Dryad’s curation process emphasizes the open availability and usefulness of primary research data for our readers. Learn more about Dryad.
- Why ACS Publications and Dryad?
- Answer: ACS Publications is committed to leading best practices for open data sharing and reuse in chemistry. To further this goal, ACS Publications has joined as a member of Dryad’s data curation and publishing community. Together, ACS Publications and Dryad will facilitate scientific discovery in chemistry through better data sharing practices.
- Will ACS Publications peer review my data?
- Answer: No, the data will not have the same level of review as a published journal article. The Dryad curation team may suggest clarifications or improvements to enhance the usefulness of the data and metadata for our audience.
- What is the cost?
- Answer: There is no cost to use ACS Chemistry Databank. ACS Publications covers the deposit costs on behalf of the author.
- How will the data deposition process work?
- Answer: Our entire user experience will take place within ACS Chemistry Databank. You will receive an invitation to deposit your data if you elect to share this during the manuscript publishing process. You will receive feedback on your dataset via email from expert curators at ACS Publications and Dryad. Upon successful publication of your manuscript, you will receive a separate DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for your dataset. Finally, as part of the manuscript publishing process, you will update your data availability statement with your dataset DOI. The data availability statement will be published alongside your manuscript.
- Will I receive a separate DOI for my dataset?
- Answer: Yes.
- Can I use Chemistry Databank outside of the ACS journal publishing process?
- Answer: Currently, no. However, we are exploring this as a future capability.
- What do the different statuses mean on my datasets page?
- Answer: TBD
Contact
Still have questions? Contact chemistrydatabank@acs.org for additional help.
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