International Journal of Digital Curation

About the Journal

The IJDC publishes research papers, general articles and brief reports on digital curation, research data management and related issues. It complements the International Conference on Digital Curation (IDCC) and includes selected proceedings as Conference Papers.

Announcements

Farewell to Angus Whyte & Welcome to the New IJDC Editor

2025-08-18

The IJDC editorial team is transitioning as we bid farewell to long-standing editor Angus Whyte and welcome Laurence Horton as the new editor. Moving forward, please direct all correspondence to ijdc@ed.ac.uk, which will now serve as our main contact address.

Read more about Farewell to Angus Whyte & Welcome to the New IJDC Editor

Current Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2025)

Please note that articles are added on a rolling basis.

Published: 2025-01-28

Research Papers

A Maturity Model for Urban Dataset Metadata

Mark S Fox, Professor, Bart Gajderowicz, Dr, Dishu Lyu, Mr
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Application and Evaluation of the Hoffman et al. (2020) Data Rescue Framework using an historic Scottish Cloud and Rain Chemistry Dataset exemplar

Shona J Ferguson, J.N. Cape, A. Crossley, F. Harvey, D. Fowler, D. Leaver, C.F. Braban

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Bridging the Gap Between Process and Procedural Provenance for Statistical Data

Timothy McPhillips, Jack Gager, Thomas Thelen, George Charles Alter, Jeremy Iverson, Bertram Ludäscher, Dan Smith

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Data Makers and Users' Views on Useful Paradata Priorities in Documenting Data Creation, Curation, Manipulation and Use in Archaeology

Isto Huvila, Lisa Andersson, Olle Sköld, Ying-Hsang Liu

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Reproducible preservation of databases through executable specifications

Ivar Rummelhoff, Thor Kristoffersen, Bjarte M. Østvold
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General Articles

Caring for Data’s Soul The development of a Curation Impact Factor to pinpoint the effects of data curation activities on data quality

Insa Bechert, Kerstin Beck, Ivet Solanes Ros

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Data Curation: Introducing a Competency Framework for the Social Sciences

Kathrin Behrens, Tatiana Kvetnaya
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Research Data Lifecycle (RDLC) An Investigation into the Disciplinary Focus, Use Cases, Creator Backgrounds, Stages and Shapes of RDLC Models

Jie Jiang, Danielle Maurici-Pollock, Rong Tang

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Volumetric Video: Preservation and Curation Challenges of an Emerging Medium

Zack Lischer-Katz, Bryan Carter, Rashida Braggs

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The Standardized Data Management Plan for Educational Research an Approach to Foster Tailored Data Management

Sebastian Netscher, Harald Kaluza, Reiner Mauer, Kati Mozygemba, Karsten Stephan

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Form as an Extension of Content Strategy-Based Adaptation of the Interface of a Dataverse Installation

Benjamin Peuch, Laura Van den Borre, Elias Kruithof, Jens Doms, Jean-Paul Sanderson, Youssef Ouahalou, Johan Van der Eycken, Rolande Depoortere

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Conference Papers

Good Support Helps To Avoid Data Horror. Experiences With Organising Research Data Management Support

Marcel Ras, Elisa Rodenburg

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Global Open Research Commons: Enabling Curation for the Next 20 Years

Dr. Andrew Treloar, Dr. C. J. Woodford

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Mad with the Writing: 100 Years of Collecting, 20 years of Digitising, 3% Completed

Robyn van Dyk

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An Exploration of the Functionality and Usability of Open Research Platforms to Support Open Science

Whitney Thompson, Angela Murillo
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Professionalising Social Science Research Data Management with RDM Compas

Anja Perry, Ekaterina Chicherina

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Starting with the Digital Doesn’t Make it Easier Developing Transparent Born Digital Acquisition Policies for Archives

Amanda Boczar

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Development of an Integrated Lifecycle of RDM Tools: Looking Back and Forward at KU Leuven

Dieuwertje Bloemen, Ingrid Barcena Roig

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Managing Retractions and their Afterlife: A Tripartite Framework for Research Datasets

Renata Curty
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From the Research Cycle to the People Cycle: Humanizing Digital Curation

Lauren Geiger, Kathryn New, Carolina M. Siniscalchi

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Data Management Plans: a Resource to Shape Institutional Data Management Services

Willeke de Haan, Veerle Van den Eynden
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Event Notifications and Event Logs Transparent Sharing of Artifact Life Cycle Data

Patrick Hochstenbach, Ruben Verborgh, Herbert Van de Sompel

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Realising Open Data Principles In UK Research Institutions Key insights from the STAR (Sustainable & TrAnsparent Research data) project, led by the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN)

Pen-Yuan Hsing, Jessica Wheeler, Lorna Duncan, Rosalind Strang, Neil Jacobs
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Two Decades, Same Story? Insights and Future Directions in Long Tail Data Curation

Inna Kouper, Gretchen Stahlman
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Developing Specialized Data Curation Curricula to Meet Growing Demands: A Community-based and Evolving Approach

Sophia Lafferty-Hess, Seth Erickson, Neggin Keshavarzian, Wanda Marsolek, Jennifer Moore, Mikala Narlock
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Traveling on the same road while navigating different terrain: Institutional data services and repositories across the US

Mikala Narlock, Jake Carlson, Wind Cowles, Leslie Delserone, Joel Herndon, Wendy Kozlowski, Jonathan Petters
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From Building a First-Generation Digital Library Infrastructure to Reimagining Discovery

Stuart Snydman, Martha Whitehead

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Making reproducibility a reality by 2035? Enabling publisher collaboration for enhanced data policy enforcement

Rebecca Taylor-Grant, Matthew Cannon, Allyson Lister, Susanna-Assunta Sansone
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Improving the Transparency of Data Access Conditions in the SSH Domain Recommendations based on a small-scale analysis of the conditions applied to restricted access datasets

Deborah Thorpe, Ricarda Braukmann, Angelica Maineri
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Brief Reports

A Brief Overview of Open Educational Resources Accessible in Indian Digital Learning Repositories

Abhijit Chakrabarti, Professor Bulu Maharana

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Base4NFDI: Fostering A Cross-Disciplinary Service Landscape For The German National Research Data Infrastructure

Sandra Zänkert, Antje Manske, Bernhard Miller, Juliane Fluck

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FAIR Principles Implementation in ML/AI - Findings from Skills4EOSC Delphi Study

Elda Osmenaj, Curtis J M Sharma, Ugo Moschini, Lisana Berberi, Valentina Pasquale

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ASSURED: Assuring Safe Research by Safe People

Dr. Deborah Wiltshire, Dr. Simon Parker, Dr. Vanessa González Ribao

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ESRC Research Data Policy in a Changing Landscape

Paul Allanson, Angela Daly, Awais Elahi, Alistair Geddes, Maeve Malone, Niamh Nic Daeid, Lucille Tetley-Brown

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The Copyrights Chain in the Digital Curation Process “Which Copyright” Project at the Nazarian Library, University of Haifa

Keren Barner

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Using Metadata to Promote Transparency in Health Research Creating the COVID Measures Archive at ICPSR

Megan Chenoweth, John Kubale

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Supporting the Research Data Management Journey of a Postgraduate Student at the University of St Andrews

Federica Fina, Haley Eckel, Panagiota Spanou, Jackie Proven

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TROV - A Model and Vocabulary for Describing Transparent Research Objects

Meng Li, Timothy McPhillips, Craig Willis, Nikolaus Parulian, Bertram Ludäscher, Kacper Kowalik, Lars Vilhuber, Thu-Mai Lewis, Mandy Gooch

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In Sharing We Trust. Taking Advantage of a Diverse Consortium to Build a Transparent Data Service in Catalonia

Clara Llebot, Mireia Alcalá, Lluís M. Anglada i de Ferrer

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Researchers and Research Data: Improving and Incentivising Sharing and Archiving

Minna Ventsel, Beth Montague-Hellen

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