2026-06-26
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China has taken a major step toward opening its scientific data to the world with the official launch of Data Express,
the country's first English language academic journal dedicated to data papers.
The journal was announced at a conference in Beijing hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Which oversees the journal according to the Academy.
The move aims to establish a China hub for global scientific data exchange
and tackle the growing challenge of making high-value research data findable, shareable and reusable Yu Guirui,
an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been named editor-in-chief of the new publication,
describing it as a response to a historic shift in how research is conducted.
You noted that data is now a key pillar of artificial intelligence-driven discovery,
and that data express will help fill a gap in China's high-end scientific publishing landscape.
In addition to the flagship data express, The Chinese Academy of Sciences plans to roll out specialised
data journals within one year in fields including physics, ecology, biomedicine and engineering.
Together, these publications will form a data express journal cluster Filling
gaps in areas where China currently lacks dedicated data publication outlets, the cluster marks a shift in China's
approach from individual exploration to leading international collaboration in scientific data sharing.
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