Research data repositories

PANGAEA provides access to over 400,000 datasets containing over 20 billion individual measurements, including those collected through over 600 national or international projects. Each published dataset can be cited with a specific data citation and an associated universally unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to cross-link to related resources such as manuscripts and data. A broad spectrum of contextual information ("metadata"), explaining the where, how, when, and why of a measurement is given. Additionally, the methods and devices used for sampling and analysis as well as references of related literature and external resources are provided. All data and metadata is compiled in close collaboration between the scientists and trained field experts acting as data editors. Both, data and metadata are checked for completeness and plausibility, ensuring high quality standards according to the FAIR data principles. The integration of multiple internationally endorsed persistent identifier systems (PIDs) at PANGAEA, such as the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) for the unambiguous identification of individual researchers, the Research Organization Registry (ROR) for institutional affiliation, and PIDs for projects (e.g. CORDIS) and research funders (e.g. Crossref Funder registry), as well as community-specific PIDs such as the International Geosample Number (IGSN) and the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for organisms, complement the range of interconnectivity options for individual scientific resources and information. With this PANGAEA can be seamlessly integrated in a sustainable and future-oriented data management.