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The journal was announced at a conference in Beijing hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which oversees the journal. 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, said the CAS.

Yu Guirui, a CAS academician, has been named editor-in-chief of the new publication. Describing it as a response to a “historic shift” in how research is conducted. The journal is just one part of a much larger vision. In addition to the flagship Data Express, the CAS plans to roll out specialized data journals within one year in fields such as 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.