earth-system-science-data
Earth System Science Data (earth-system-science-data)
Journal positioning
Earth System Science Data (ESSD) is the Copernicus / European Geosciences Union venue for data papers: peer-reviewed articles whose primary product is an original, high-quality, openly deposited dataset of lasting value to earth-system science. The defining expectation is not a new scientific conclusion but a reusable dataset: the manuscript documents how the data were produced, calibrated, quality-controlled, and how others should reuse them, while the dataset itself lives in a FAIR public repository with its own persistent identifier (DOI). An analysis or interpretation paper that mines data toward a hypothesis, or a paper whose data are not openly and permanently available, is a fundamental misfit here. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current author guidance. Before submitting, re-check the live ESSD / Copernicus author instructions and data policy.