Repository details
GigaDB
Name of repository
GigaDB
Additional name(s)
- GigaScience Database
Repository URL
Subject(s)
- Life Sciences
- Biology
- Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
- Plant Sciences
- Plant Genetics and Genomics
- Zoology
- Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology (Zoology)
- Medicine
- Microbiology, Virology and Immunology
- Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms
- Medicine
- Human Genetics
- Neurosciences
- Engineering Sciences
- Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science
- Software Engineering and Programming Languages
Description
GigaDB primarily serves as a repository to host data and tools associated with articles published by GigaScience Press; GigaScience and GigaByte (both are online, open-access journals). GigaDB defines a dataset as a group of files (e.g., sequencing data, analyses, imaging files, software programs) that are related to and support a unit-of-work (article or study). GigaDB allows the integration of manuscript publication with supporting data and tools.
Contact(s)
- administrative: database@gigasciencejournal.com
- administrative: http://gigadb.org/site/contact
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
2.552 datasets
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
Dates
Started
2012
Institutions (3)
Additional name(s)
- BGI
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- 国家基因库大鹏总部
- CNGBdb
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- technical
Type of institution
commercial
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (1)
Policy name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Database licenses (1)
Database license
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (2)
Data license
Data license
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- feeRequired
- registration
Data upload license (1)
Data upload license name
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- other
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
Author identifier system(s)
- ORCID
Enhanced publication
yes
Quality management
yes
Application programming interfaces (1)
Metadata standards (2)
Metadata standard
Metadata standard
Remarks
Remarks
GigaDB is covered by Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index. GigaScience is an online, open-access journal that includes, as part of its publishing activities, the database GigaDB. GigaScience is co-published in collaboration between BGI and Oxford University Press, to meet the needs of a new generation of biological and biomedical research as it enters the era of “big-data.
Entry date
2013-07-01
Last update
2026-04-20
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re3data.org: GigaDB; editing status 2026-04-20; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R3TG83 last accessed: 2026-05-23-
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