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Comments - Natural sciences (30)
Natural Sciences
22.04.2022 – In the DFG subject classification system, the natural sciences include physics, chemistry, mathematics and the geosciences. These disciplines have clear overlaps with other scientific fields such as biology and medicine, agricultural and nutritional ...
Comment on: Preamble (Natural sciences)
Order of authors in astroparticle physics, hadron physics, nuclear physics and particle physics
11.08.2021 – In astroparticle physics, hadron physics, nuclear physics and particle physics, it is common practice to name authors in alphabetical order.
Comment on: GL14 (Natural sciences)
Documentation of research results in experimental chemistry
23.04.2021 – When documenting research processes and results, the procedure must be mapped out as precisely as possible and also summarised for better verifiability.
Comment on: GL12 (Natural sciences)
Quality assurance in experimental chemistry
23.04.2021 – In experimental chemistry, quality assurance of research projects includes the documentation of procedures and results as well as the safeguarding of the materials obtained, insofar as this is possible and reasonable.
Comment on: GL7 (Natural sciences)
Use of chemistry-specific repositories
20.04.2021 – Chemistry-specific repositories can be used to deposit research results in the form of data and materials (e.g. chemical substances).
Comment on: GL13 (Natural sciences)
Citations in mathematics
03.12.2020 – In mathematical texts, it is not common practice to use quotation marks to identify verbatim quotations of one’s own and external text sources.
Comment on: GL7 (Natural sciences) , GL13 (Natural sciences)
Positive example of the utilisation of older data in the geosciences
03.12.2020 – Example from Saxony
Comment on: GL9 (Natural sciences) , GL10 (Natural sciences) , GL12 (Natural sciences) , GL13 (Natural sciences) , GL17 (Natural sciences)
Software development and handling research data in mathematics
03.12.2020 – Appropriate accessibility is important in terms of the verifiability of research work in mathematics where self-developed software and data are key factors.
Comment on: GL7 (Natural sciences) , GL12 (Natural sciences) , GL13 (Natural sciences) , GL14 (Natural sciences) , GL17 (Natural sciences)
Storage capacity and management of sample material in the geosciences
03.12.2020 – Examples of best practice
Comment on: GL13 (Natural sciences) , GL17 (Natural sciences)
Aspects of good research practice specific to physics
03.12.2020 – Physics associations provide opportunities for regular dialogue on discipline-specific aspects of good research practice.
Comment on: GL2 (Natural sciences)
Author order in physics and chemistry
03.12.2020 – The order of authors in publications should generally be based on the scope of their contribution.
Comment on: GL14 (Natural sciences)
Archiving a pre-retirement or post-retirement research legacy – an example from the geosciences
03.12.2020 – Material should be saved from destruction if possible.
Comment on: GL7 (Natural sciences) , GL8 (Natural sciences) , GL9 (Natural sciences) , GL17 (Natural sciences)
Public access to the source code in the case of self-programmed software in connection with mathematical projects
03.12.2020 – The results of publicly funded research projects should be fully accessible to the public.
Comment on: GL13 (Natural sciences)
Ethical principles in the geosciences
03.12.2020 – The European Geoscience Union (EGU) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) have published a joint statement of principles on the EGU homepage for a code of ethics in the geosciences.
Comment on: GL2 (Natural sciences)
Handling samples in the geosciences
03.12.2020 – Samples should be archived and stored for future use whenever possible so as to ensure that the material can be used as widely as possible by the scientific community.
Comment on: GL7 (Natural sciences) , GL9 (Natural sciences) , GL10 (Natural sciences) , GL17 (Natural sciences)
Electronic laboratory journal and repository in chemistry
03.12.2020 – An electronic laboratory journal in conjunction with a repository are described as an example in the field of chemistry.
Comment on: GL7 (Natural sciences) , GL12 (Natural sciences) , GL13 (Natural sciences) , GL17 (Natural sciences)
Enabling the availability of primary data and archiving it
03.12.2020 – Numerical simulations can generate very large quantities of data, so it is not always expedient to make the direct results – i.e. the primary data – available in full for the purpose of verifiability and reuse.
Comment on: GL7 (Natural sciences) , GL13 (Natural sciences) , GL17 (Natural sciences)
Databases and repositories commonly used in mathematics
03.12.2020 – In mathematics, it is common practice to use various databases and repositories that are intended for specific application purposes.
Comment on: GL17 (Natural sciences)
The Nagoya Protocol in biophysics
03.12.2020 – In interdisciplinary research projects, such as those in the field of biophysical research, it is important to take account of the Nagoya Protocol in the planning phase of the project.
Comment on: GL9 (Natural sciences) , GL10 (Natural sciences)
Technical systems and metadata
03.12.2020 – Technical systems, along with their hardware and software, are usually made up of a mixture of commercial and self-created components. Ideally, the design phase should already take care that metadata is generated as automated and standardised as possible.
Comment on: GL12 (Engineering/engineering sciences) , GL12 (Natural sciences)
Author order in mathematics
03.12.2020 – In mathematical publications it has been common practice to date for the authors to appear in alphabetical order.
Comment on: GL14 (Natural sciences)
Laboratory journals and field books in the geosciences
03.12.2020 – Keeping a laboratory journal is also recommended in the geosciences.
Comment on: GL7 (Natural sciences) , GL12 (Natural sciences)
Archiving data in the earth sciences and environmental sciences
03.12.2020 – Best practice example – PANGAEA
Comment on: GL13 (Natural sciences) , GL15 (Natural sciences) , GL17 (Natural sciences)
Commitment to responsible marine research
03.12.2020 – German marine research has issued a voluntary commitment in which it sets out key principles of responsible marine research.
Comment on: GL2 (Natural sciences) , GL10 (Natural sciences)
Documentation concept
03.12.2020 – Even in the planning phase of a research project, it is important to consider conceptual questions regarding data management as well as the documentation of project progression, methods and results.
Comment on: GL12 (Engineering/engineering sciences) , GL12 (Natural sciences)
Ethical principles in chemistry
03.12.2020 – The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) is the umbrella organisation of the chemical societies of Europe and home to a working group of high-ranking member representatives that deals with ethical principles in the field of chemical research and teaching. ...
Comment on: GL2 (Natural sciences)
Use of standards in the geosciences
03.12.2020 – It is always preferable to use standards that have been developed in the relevant subject areas.
Comment on: GL7 (Natural sciences) , GL11 (Natural sciences) , GL12 (Natural sciences)
The dual use problem in mathematics
03.12.2020 – In many cases, basic research in both theoretical and applied mathematics has the potential to be significant to security-related research as well.
Comment on: GL10 (Natural sciences)
The Nagoya Protocol in the geosciences
03.12.2020 – The extraction of geoscientific sample material can also fall under the regulations of the Nagoya Protocol.
Comment on: GL10 (Natural sciences)
Maintaining storage capacity in the geosciences
03.12.2020 – Long-term storage of research data
Comment on: GL7 (Natural sciences) , GL11 (Natural sciences) , GL12 (Natural sciences) , GL13 (Natural sciences) , GL15 (Natural sciences) , GL17 (Natural sciences)