《地球科學(xué)數(shù)據(jù)期刊》提供了一個開放的平臺，科學(xué)數(shù)據(jù)可以通過包括同行評審的方式正式發(fā)表。因此，數(shù)據(jù)集創(chuàng)建人員在改進(jìn)科學(xué)記錄、為社區(qū)提供版本控制和允許全面描述、引用和發(fā)現(xiàn)主要數(shù)據(jù)集的同時，也為他們的努力贏得了充分的贊譽。

Geoscience Data Journal provides an Open Access platform where scientific data can be formally published, in a way that includes scientific peer-review. Thus the dataset creator attains full credit for their efforts, while also improving the scientific record, providing version control for the community and allowing major datasets to be fully described, cited and discovered.