Best Practices for Data Publication in the Astronomical Literature
Abstract
We present an overview of best practices for publishing data in astronomy and astrophysics journals. These recommendations are intended as a reference for authors to help prepare and publish data in a way that will better represent and support science results, enable better data sharing, improve reproducibility, and enhance the reusability of data. Observance of these guidelines will also help to streamline the extraction, preservation, integration and cross-linking of valuable data from astrophysics literature into major astronomical databases, and consequently facilitate new modes of science discovery that will better exploit the vast quantities of panchromatic and multi-dimensional data associated with the literature. We encourage authors, journal editors, referees, and publishers to implement the best practices reviewed here, as well as related recommendations from international astronomical organizations such as the International Astronomical Union (IAU) for publication of nomenclature, data, and metadata. A convenient Checklist of Recommendations for Publishing Data in the Literature is included for authors to consult before the submission of the final version of their journal articles and associated data files. We recommend that publishers of journals in astronomy and astrophysics incorporate a link to this document in their Instructions to Authors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2106.01477,
title = {Best Practices for Data Publication in the Astronomical Literature},
author = {Tracy X. Chen and Marion Schmitz and Joseph M. Mazzarella and Xiuqin Wu and Julian C. van Eyken and Alberto Accomazzi and Rachel L. Akeson and Mark Allen and Rachael Beaton and G. Bruce Berriman and Andrew W. Boyle and Marianne Brouty and Ben Chan and Jessie L. Christiansen and David R. Ciardi and David Cook and Raffaele D'Abrusco and Rick Ebert and Cren Frayer and Benjamin J. Fulton and Christopher Gelino and George Helou and Calen B. Henderson and Justin Howell and Joyce Kim and Gilles Landais and Tak Lo and Cecile Loup and Barry Madore and Giacomo Monari and August Muench and Anais Oberto and Pierre Ocvirk and Joshua E. G. Peek and Emmanuelle Perret and Olga Pevunova and Solange V. Ramirez and Luisa Rebull and Ohad Shemmer and Alan Smale and Raymond Tam and Scott Terek and Doug Van Orsow and Patricia Vannier and Shin-Ywan Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.01477},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
19 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJS