Data Journals
A data paper documents and describes research data to enhance dissemination and re-use. It informs about data collection, characteristics and options for secondary analysis.
Selection of data journals
Interdisciplinary
Scientific data http://www.nature.com/sdata
Data Science Journal http://datascience.codata.org
Data in Brief http://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-in-brief
Data http://www.mdpi.com/journal/data
Agricultural Sciences
Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research http://library.wur.nl/ojs/index.php/odjar
GigaScience https://academic.oup.com/gigascience
Archaeology
Journal of Open Archaeology Data (JOAD) http://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com
Biology
Biodiversity Data Journal http://biodiversitydatajournal.com
Genomics Data http://www.journals.elsevier.com/genomics-data
GigaScience https://academic.oup.com/gigascience
Ecology http://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1939-9170
Chemistry
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data http://jpcrd.aip.org/resource/1/jpcrbu
Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data http://pubs.acs.org/journal/jceaax
Chemical Data Collections http://www.journals.elsevier.com/chemical-data-collections
Computer science
SoftwareX https://www.journals.elsevier.com/softwarex
Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) https://joss.theoj.org/
Journal of Open Research Software (JORS) https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/
Geography
Earth System Science Data http://www.earth-system-science-data.net
Geoscience Data Journal http://www.geosciencedata.com
International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research (IJSDIR) http://ijsdir.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/ijsdir
Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards https://opengeospatialdata.springeropen.com/
Medicine
Open Health Data http://openhealthdata.metajnl.com
GigaScience https://academic.oup.com/gigascience
Physics
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data https://aip.scitation.org/journal/jpr
Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables http://www.journals.elsevier.com/atomic-data-and-nuclear-data-tables
Nuclear Data Sheets http://www.journals.elsevier.com/nuclear-data-sheets
Psychology
Journal of Open Psychology Data http://openpsychologydata.metajnl.com
Social Sciences
Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences https://brill.com/view/journals/rdj/rdj-overview.xml
Journal of Statistical Software https://www.jstatsoft.org/index
Economics
Journal of Economics and Statistics http://www.jbnst.de/en/data-observer.php