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The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has now made its research data accessible to the public in support of the European Commission’s strategy on Open Science for improved circulation of knowledge and thus innovation for generating growth.

The first version of the JRC Data Catalogue is online and its datasets available for download. The catalogue will feed into the EU Open Data portal, which is the single point of access to a growing range of data produced by the EU institutions. Interested users can access information on a wide range of topics, including climate, freshwater resources, alien species, soil or forests.

This data is available for use in further research and other projects, provided the source is acknowledged.

The JRC’s data policy was designed to help enhance transparency and drive innovation. Its underlying principles include Open Data (free, full, open and timely access to JRC data by default), data acquisition (restriction-free access and use of licensed data), data management (metadata, storage, accessibility) and implementation (identification of responsible entities, guidelines, data management plans, monitoring of implementation).

The public availability of JRC’s research data follows the implementation of the JRC Open Access Policy, granting free and unrestricted online access to all JRC peer-reviewed research and review articles.

The catalogue currently contains around 500 sets of the data wealth produced by the JRC; more information will be uploaded on a regular basis.

You can search the catalogue here.