An open dataset of scholarly publications highlighted by journal editors

Abstract:

We present a dataset of scholarly publications featured as outstanding by journal editors.
This first version, which covers the last 10 years, includes papers referenced in (a) Breakthroughs of the year by Science Magazine (b) Les 10 découvertes de l'année by La Recherche Magazine (c) research highlights by Nature journal and (c) Editors' choice by Science magazine.

The rationale and process of its creation are described in details in the  following pre-print:

Mugabushaka, A.M. , Sadat, J and Dantas Faria, J.C. (2020). In Search of Outstanding Research Advances: prototyping the creation of an open dataset of "editorial highlights" .  Arxiv 2011.07910

Description of the dataset

In this version, the datasets are released in 4 Microsoft Excel Files.

1. Science - Breakthroughs of the year

2. La Recherche - les dix découvertes de l'année

3. Nature Magazine - Research highlights

4. Science magazine - Editors' choices

The entries for each year are recorded in a separate sheet.

In each sheet, the highlighting article and its metadata are recorded as well as the referenced papers together with their identifiers (doi)