PANGAEA publication types
Dataset
A dataset can be published as a self-standing publication (with no direct link to a scientific paper) or as an independent supplement to a paper publication.
Collection
Several datasets (or even collections) can be grouped into data collections if they fulfill certain criteria. Below is an overview of collection types and their typical uses.
| Collection types | Typical use | Example | Download datasets at once (zip)? | Citation collection | Citation individual dataset in a collection | Re-use individual datasets for other collections? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publication series | Homogeneous data collections (~identical data templates). Typically used for time series, new data can be added each year/month etc (an open series). Can also contain similar datasets collected at different locations. |
Snow thickness measurements: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.928966 Georeferenced coral reef photographs: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.877578 |
yes | with possible title postfix of the period of time: Author(s) (year) Title year- / year-year. Publisher, DOI Example: Arndt, Stefanie; Haas, Christian (2021): Snow thickness measurements at ice stations during POLARSTERN cruise PS118 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928966 |
Author(s) (year) Title. Publisher, DOI, in: Collection citation Example: Arndt, Stefanie; Haas, Christian (2021): Snow thickness measurements at ice station PS118_20190222_1 during POLARSTERN cruise PS118 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928953, In: Arndt, S; Haas, C (2021): Snow thickness measurements at ice stations during POLARSTERN cruise PS118 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928966 |
no |
| Bundled publication | Datasets are heterogeneous, with dependencies between individual datasets. Typically used when the usability / comprehensiveness of the individual datasets is only ensured by supplying all datasets as a package. |
Micropalaeontological sediment core record: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.914589 Ice mass balance buoy data: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.924269 |
yes | Author(s) (year) Title. Publisher, DOI Example: Rudaya, Natalia (2020): Pollen and diatom records of Lake Big Yarovoe in Kulunda, southern West Siberia, Russia, covering 4 ka [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.914589 |
Author(s) (year) Title. Publisher, DOI, in: Collection citation Example: Rudaya, Natalia (2020): Age-depth relation of sediment core 2008-3 from Lake Big Yarovoe in Kulunda, southern West Siberia, Russia [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.914875, In: Rudaya, N (2020): Pollen and diatom records of Lake Big Yarovoe in Kulunda, southern West Siberia, Russia, covering 4 ka [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.914589 |
no |
| Editorial publication | Heterogeneous data collections. An editorial compilation of datasets for a specific purpose. The added value of such collection should be mentioned in its abstract. |
Biodiversity experiment collection: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.887388 | no | Editors(s) (year) Title. Publisher, DOI Example: Oelmann, Yvonne; Wilcke, Wolfgang; Weigelt, Alexandra; Hillebrand, Helmut; Temperton, Vicky; Abbas, Maike; Buchmann, Nina; Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef; Vogel, Anja; Weisser, Wolfgang W; Guiz, Jordan; Luo, Guangjuan; Meyer, Sebastian Tobias (eds.) (2018): Collection of data on element concentrations in plants in the Jena Experiment (Main Experiment). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887388 |
Author(s) (year) Title. Publisher, DOI Example: Oelmann, Yvonne; Wilcke, Wolfgang (2018): Carbon and nitrogen concentrations in plants (Main Experiment, year 2007) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887364 |
yes |
| Dataset bibliography | Heterogeneous data collections which are able to include other type of collections. | Data of autonomous platforms during MOSAiC project: | no | Author(s) (year) Title. Publisher, DOI
Example: Rabe, Benjamin; Cox, Christopher J; Fang, Ying-Chih; Goessling, Helge; Granskog, Mats A; Hoppmann, Mario; Hutchings, Jennifer K; Krumpen, Thomas; Kuznetsov, Ivan; Lei, Ruibo; Li, Tao; Maslowski, Wieslaw; Nicolaus, Marcel; Perovich, Donald K; Persson, P Ola G; Regnery, Julia; Rigor, Ignatius; Shupe, Matthew D; Sokolov, Vladimir; Spreen, Gunnar; Stanton, Timothy; Watkins, Daniel; Blockley, Ed; Bünger, Hans Jakob; Cole, Sylvia T; Fong, Allison A; Haapala, Jari; Heuzé, Céline; Hoppe, Clara Jule Marie; Janout, Markus A; Jutila, Arttu; Katlein, Christian; Krishfield, Richard A; Long, Lin; Ludwig, Valentin; Morgenstern, Anne; O'Brien, Jeffrey K; Quintanilla Zurita, Alejandra; Rackow, Thomas; Riemann-Campe, Kathrin; Rohde, Jan; Shaw, William; Smolyanitsky, Vasily M; Solomon, Amy; Sperling, Anneke; Tao, Ran; Toole, John M; Tsamados, Michel; Zhu, Jialiang; Zuo, Guangyu (2023): Collection of data sets from autonomous platforms deployed during MOSAiC in 2019/2020 [dataset bibliography]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942815 |
Author(s) (year) Title. Publisher, DOI
Example: Anderson, Philip; Berge, Jørgen; Granskog, Mats A; Divine, Dmitry V; Katlein, Christian; Itkin, Polona; Raphael, Ian; Johnsen, Geir; Vogedes, Daniel; Kopec, Tomasz; Zolich, Artur; Geoffroy, Maxime; Cottier, Finlo; De La Torre, Pedro R (2023): Upwelling and downwelling visible radiation measurements of the autonomous ice-tethered OptiCAL 'ee' buoy deployed during MOSAiC in the Sea Ice Ridge Observatory area [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928495 |
yes |
Supplement
If data (a dataset or a data collection) is submitted as a supplement to an article, the reference of the related scientific paper is indicated in the dataset/collection (with the relation "Supplement to:"). The dataset (collection) should then also be cited in the reference list of the related manuscript. The publication process of both, the article and the related data, should be synchronized. Therefore the data should be submitted to PANGAEA at the time of the paper submission, or ideally even earlier. A password protection for the data can be in place until the related article is accepted/published.