Member Directory
Last Updated: 2 May 2025
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| Member Name | Acronym | Member Type | Host Institution | Country | Scientific Fields | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4TU.ResearchData | 4TU.RD | Regular | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Information and Computing Sciences, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Built Environment and Design | |
| Académie des Sciences | Associate | France | National Scientific Academy | |||
| Alaska Satellite Facility | ASF | Regular | NASA | United States | Earth Sciences, Geography, Cryosphere, Polar Processes, Solid Earth, Magnetosphere, Alaska Geography | |
| Arab Council for the Social Sciences | ACSS | Associate | Lebanon | Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Economics, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, History, Languages and Linguistics, Anthropology, Archaeology | ||
| Archaeology Data Service | ADS | Regular | University of York | United Kingdom | Environmental Studies, Forestry, Anthropology, Archaeology | |
| Arctic Research Foundation | ARF | Candidate | Canada | Oceanography, climate science, hydrography, social sciences, agriculture and agrifood, containerized labratories, renewable energy systems, marine animal studies | ||
| Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Data Center | ARM Data Center | Regular | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) | United States | Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science, Climate Science | |
| Atmospheric Science Data Center | ASDC | Regular | NASA | United States | Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science, Clouds, Aerosols, Tropospheric Chemistry | |
| Australian Antarctic Data Centre | AADC | Regular | Australian Government | Australia | Space Sciences, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Environmental Studies and Forestry | |
| Australian Data Archive | ADA | Regular | Australian National University | Australia | Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Economics, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Business, Family and Consumer Science, Health Sciences, Transportation, History, Area Studies, Social Science | |
| Australian Ocean Data Network | AODN | Regular | University of Tasmania | Australia | ||
| Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office | BCO-DMO | Regular | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | United States | Earth Science, Oceanography, Physical Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography, Biological Oceanography, Geological Oceanography, Ocean Biogeochemistry, Atmospheric Sciences | |
| Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory | BAO | Associate | Republic of Armenia | Armenia | Astronomy, Space Sciences, Physics, Computer Sciences | |
| California Digital Library | CDL | Regular | University of California | United States | Cross-disciplinary | |
| Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre | CCDC | Regular | Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre | United Kingdom | Chemistry, Crystallography | |
| Canadian Astronomy Data Centre/Canadian Virtual Observatory | CADC | Regular | Canada | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space Sciences | ||
| Canadian Cryospheric Information Network/Polar Data Catalogue | CCIN | Regular | University of Waterloo | Canada | Earth Sciences, Clinical and Life Sciences, Chemistry, Social Psychology, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Environmental Science, Transportation, History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Oceanography, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science | |
| Cape Peninsula University Of Technology | CPUT | Regular | South Africa | Applied Sciences, Business and Management Sciences, Education, Engineering & the Built Environment, Health and Wellness Sciences, Informatics and Design | ||
| Center for Digital Antiquity | Regular | Arizona State University | United States | Archaeology, Historic Preservation, Anthropology | ||
| Center for Socio-Political Data/Centre de Données Socio-Politiques | CSDP | Regular | Sciences Po | France | Social Sciences, Sociology, Political Science | |
| Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg | CDS | Regular | University of Strasbourg; National Center for Scientific Research | France | Astronomy, Space Sciences | |
| Centre for Astronomical Data | INASAN | Regular | Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russian Federation | ||
| Chilean Virtual Observatory | ChiVO | Associate | Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María | Chile | Astronomy, Computer Sciences, Astroinformatics | |
| China National GeneBank DataBase | CNGBdb | Regular | China National GeneBank | China | Bioinformatics | |
| Chinese National Space Science Data Center | NSSDC | Regular | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | ||
| Cold and Arid Regions Science Data Center at Lanzhou | CARD | Regular | Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Earth Sciences, Geography | |
| Committee on Electronic Information and Communication | CEIC | Associate | International Mathematical Union | Germany | Mathematics, International Scientific Committee | |
| Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure - European Research Infrastructure Consortium | CLARIN ERIC | Network | Netherlands | Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics, History, Language and Linguistics | ||
| Crustal Dynamics Data Information System | CDDIS | Regular | NASA | United States | Space Sciences, Earth Sciences, Physics, Geodesy, Space Geodesy | |
| Data Archive for Social Sciences in Bosnia and Herzegovina | DASS-BiH | Regular | Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Social Sciences | |
| Data Archiving and Networked Services | DANS | Regular | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Dutch Research Council | Netherlands | Life Sciences, Economics, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Health Sciences, History, Languages and Linguistics, Anthropology, Archaeology, Behavioural Sciences, Socio-Cultural Sciences, Geospatial Sciences, Communication Sciences, Demography | |
| Data Centre for Geography, Moscow | Regular | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russian Federation | |||
| Data Curation Network | DCN | Network | United States | |||
| DataCite | Associate | German National Library of Science and Technology | Germany | Data Access, Citation, and Archiving | ||
| DataFirst | Regular | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Economics, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Agriculture, Environmental Studies and Forestry, Family and Consumer Science, Health Sciences, Transportation, Area Studies | ||
| Datta Meghe Institute Of Medical Sciences | DMIMS | Associate | Deemed University | India | Public Trust | |
| Digital Repository of Ireland | DRI | Regular | Royal Irish Academy | Ireland | ||
| Division of History of Science and Technology | DHST | Associate | International Union of History and Philosophy of Science | Greece | Division Of International Scientific Union | |
| Earth Resources Observation and Science Center | EROS | Regular | US Geological Survey | United States | Earth Sciences, Geography, Systems Science, Environmental Studies and Forestry, Remote Sensing, Land Change Science, Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction | |
| Environmental Information Data Centre | EIDC | Regular | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | United Kingdom | Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies and Forestry | |
| Federation of Earth Science Information Partners | ESIP | Partner | Foundation for Earth Science | United States | Network Data Community | |
| Fish Database of Taiwan | Regular | Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica | Taiwan (ROC) | |||
| Flanders Marine Institute, Data Centre | Regular | VLIZ | Belgium | |||
| Geoscientific Data & Discovery Publishing System | GDD | Regular | National Geological Archives of China | China | Earth Sciences, Engineering, Geological Data Sciences | |
| Global Biodiversity Information Facility | GBIF | Regular | GBIF Secretariat | Denmark | ||
| Global Change Research Data Publishing and Repository | GCdataPR | Regular | Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | ||
| Global Geodetic Observing System | GGOS | Partner | German Federal Agnecy for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) | Germany | Space Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geodesy | |
| Global Hydrology Resource Center | GHRC | Regular | NASA | United States | Earth Sciences, Computer Sciences, Systems Science, Environmental Studies and Forestry, Hydrologic Cycle, Lightning, Severe Weather | |
| GO FAIR US | GO FAIR US | Associate | San Diego Super Computer | United States | Fair, Multidisciplinary | |
| Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center | GES DISC | Regular | NASA | United States | Earth Sciences, Physics, Geography, Computer Sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Precipitation, Hydrology, Global Modelling, Information Science, Systems Engineering | |
| ImmPort Repository | Regular | US Health & Human Services | United States | Life Sciences | ||
| Inter-university Upper atmosphere Global Observation NETwork | IUGONET | Network | Polar Environmental Data Science Center | Japan | Meteorological & Atmospheric Sciences, Space Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics | |
| Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance | IEDA | Regular | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University | United States | Earth Sciences, Geochemistry | |
| International Association of Hydrological Sciences | IAHS | Associate | International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics | France | Earth Sciences, International Scientific Association | |
| International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers | STM | Associate | Netherlands | Science Publishers | ||
| International Commission for Acoustics | ICA | Associate | Spain | International Scientific Committee | ||
| International Council for Scientific and Technical Information | ICSTI | Associate | ICSTI | France | Scientific and Technical Information | |
| International DORIS Service | IDS | Network | International Association of Geodesy | France | Earth Sciences, Space Sciences, Geodesy, Geophysics | |
| International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems | IERS | Regular | Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy | Germany | ||
| International Environmental Data Rescue Organization | IEDRO | Associate | United States | Data Rescue | ||
| International GNSS Service | IGS | Associate | NASA | United States | Space Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geodesy, Gps, Gnss, Precise Positioning, Navigation, and Timing | |
| International Laser Ranging Service | ILRS | Network | NASA | United States | Space Sciences, Earth Sciences, Physics, Geodesy, Space Geodesy | |
| International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange | IODE | Network | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO | Belgium | Earth Sciences, Oceanography | |
| International Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network | INTERMAGNET | Network | Various | United Kingdom | Space Sciences, Earth Sciences | |
| International Service of Geomagnetic Indices | ISGI | Regular | School & Observatory of Earth Sciences (EOST) University of Strasbourg | France | ||
| International Space Environment Service | ISES | Network | United States | Earth Sciences, Space Sciences, Space Weather, Solar-Terrestrial Physics | ||
| International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics | IUGG | Partner | Germany | International Scientific Union | ||
| International Union of Geological Sciences | IUGS | Associate | Germany | International Scientific Union | ||
| International Virtual Observatory Alliance | IVOA | Network | IVOA | Canada | Astronomy | |
| International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry | IVS | Network | NASA | United States | ||
| Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research | ICPSR | Regular | University of Michigan | United States | Economics, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics, Family and Consumer Science, Health Sciences, History,Aging, Criminal Justice, Demography, Education, Law, Substance Abuse | |
| ISC Committee on Data for Science and Technology | CODATA | Associate | France | International Interdisciplinary Body | ||
| Italian Centre for Astronomical Archive | IA2 | Regular | INAF | Italy | Astronomy, Space Sciences | |
| John Wiley & Sons Ltd | Wiley | Associate | United Kingdom | Science Publishers | ||
| Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research | ROIS-DS | Network | Research Organization of Information and Systems | Japan | Life Science, Earth Environmental Science, Social Science, Humanities, Bioinformatics, Juris-informatics | |
| Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information | KISTI | Regular | Korea | National Research Institute | ||
| Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center | LP DAAC | Regular | USGS | United States | Earth Sciences, Geography, Agriculture, Environmental Studies and Forestry, Land Cover, Land Change, Land Processes | |
| Latin American Initiative for Open Data | ILDA | Network | Uruguay | Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Data Science | ||
| Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center | LAADS DAAC | Regular | NASA | United States | Earth Sciences | |
| Mountain Research Initiative | MRI | Partner | University of Bern | Switzerland | Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Geography, Political Science, Systems Science, Agriculture, Environmental Studies and Forestry, History, Anthropology, Archaeology | |
| NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System | NASA ESDIS | Network | NASA | United States | Earth Sciences, Physics, Geography, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Systems Science, Engineering, Environmental Studies and Forestry | |
| National Astronomical Data Center | NADC | Regular | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | ||
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | NCAR | Regular | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | United States | Earth Sciences, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | |
| National Centers for Environmental Information | NCEI | Regular | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | United States | ||
| National Geoscience Data Centre | NGDC | Regular | British Geological Survey | United Kingdom | ||
| National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Central Repository | NIDDK-CR | Regular | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | United States | Diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases, digestive diseases including liver and pancreas, nutritional disorders and obesity, urologic including prostate, hematologic, and kidney diseases, and other acute and chronic conditions that impact those living with these diseases | |
| National Marine Data and Information Service | NMDC | Regular | Ministry of Natural Resources of China | China | ||
| National Oceanography Centre | NOC | Regular | National Oceanography Centre | United Kingdom | Oceanography; Earth sciences; Physics; Chemistry; Environmental Science; Marine Biology; Climate Change; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | |
| National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center | NSIDC DAAC | Regular | NASA | United States | ||
| NCMI Information and Data Centre | NCMI IDC | Candidate | CSIRO | Australia | Marine Biology, Zoology & Animal Ecology, Telecommunications, Distributed & Real Time Computing, Software Engineering, Knowledge Engineering & Representation, Meterological & Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, Information & Library Science, Oceanography, Meteorology & Atmospheric Science, Environmental Sciences, Ocean Dynamics | |
| Neotoma Paleoecological Database | Neotoma | Regular | United States | |||
| Norwegian Marine Data Centre | NMD | Regular | Institute of Marine Research | Norway | ||
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center | ORNL DAAC | Regular | NASA | United States | ||
| Ocean Biology Data Active Archive Center | OB.DAAC | Regular | NASA | United States | ||
| Ocean Networks Canada | ONC | Regular | University of Victoria | Canada | Earth Sciences, Computer Sciences, Ocean Sciences, Geophysics, Ocean Physics, Marine Biology, Biochemistry, Marine Engineering | |
| Ocean Tracking Network | OTN | Regular | Dalhousie University | Canada | Agriculture, Environment & Ecology, Marine Biology, Macroinvertebrates, Fisheries, Decapoda, Teleostei, Animal Tracking | |
| Odum Institute Data Archive | Regular | The Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States | Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Social Sciences | ||
| Open Researcher and Contributor ID | ORCiD | Partner | ORCID, Inc | United States | Registry Of Persistent Identifiers | |
| OpenAIRE | OpenAIRE | Partner | Greece | Scientific Research and Data Open Access Initiative | ||
| Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures | PARADISEC | Regular | University of Sydney; University of Melbourne; Australian National University | Australia | Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Languages and Linguistics, Anthropology, Musicology | |
| PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science | PANGAEA | Regular | Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; and Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research | Germany | Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Geography, Sociology, Environmental Studies and Forestry | |
| Past Global Changes | PAGES | Partner | Switzerland | Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Natural and Human Sciences | ||
| Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level | PSMSL | Regular | NOC/NERC | United Kingdom | Earth Sciences, Physics, Sea Level, Climate Change, Oceanography, Geodesy | |
| Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center | PO.DAAC | Regular | NASA | United States | Earth Sciences, Oceanography | |
| Research Council of Zimbabwe | RCZ | Associate | Zimbabwe | National Scientific Society | ||
| Research Data Alliance | RDA | Associate | European Commission, the National Science Foundation and other U.S. agencies, and the Australian Government | United Kingdom | International Data Sharing Initiative | |
| Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University | RISH | Regular | Kyoto University | Japan | Astronomy, Space Sciences, Earth Sciences, Engineering | |
| Royal Society Te Ap?rangi | Associate | New Zealand | National Scientific Society | |||
| Scientific Committee On Solar Terrestrial Physics | SCOSTEP | Partner | Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science | United States | Space Sciences, Earth Sciences | |
| Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center | SEDAC | Regular | NASA | United States | ||
| Southern Ocean Observing System | SOOS | Partner | Institute for Marine and Antactic Studies; University of Tasmania | Australia | Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Statistics, Systems Science, Environmental Studies and Forestry | |
| Survey Research Data Archive | SRDA | Regular | Center for Survey Research, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica | Taiwan (ROC) | ||
| Swedish National Data Service | SND | Regular | University of Gothenburg | Sweden | ||
| The Language Archive | TLA | Regular | Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics | Netherlands | Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Psychology, Languages and Linguistics, Anthropology | |
| Ukrainian Geospatial Data Center | Regular | Space Research Institute of Ukraine | Ukraine | Earth Sciences, Computer Sciences, Mathematics | ||
| University of Tennessee Oak Ridge Innovation Institute | UT-ORII | Partner | University of Tennessee; Oak Ridge National Laboratory | United States | ||
| University of Victoria Dataverse | UVIC Dataverse | Regular | University of Victoria Libraries | Canada | Clinical & Life Sciences, Chemistry, Agriculture, Environment & Ecology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Computer Science, Physics, Social Sciences, Engineering & Materials Science, Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Arts & Humanities | |
| World Data Center - National Snow and Ice Data Center | NSIDC | Regular | National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado | United States | Earth Sciences, Geography, Cryosphere | |
| World Data Center for Renewable Resources and Environment | WDC-RRE | Regular | Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Earth Sciences, Geography, Environmental Studies and Forestry, Area Studies, Natural Resources, Ecology, Geoinformatics | |
| World Data Center for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Moscow | WDC for STP | Regular | Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russian Federation | Space Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geomagnetic Variations, Ionospheric Phenomena, Cosmic Rays, Solar Activity and Interplanetary Medium | |
| World Data Center for Sunspot Index and Long-term Solar Observations | SILSO | Regular | Royal Observatory of Belgium | Belgium | Astronomy, Space Sciences, Statistics, History, Solar Physics, Solar Activity (Mid- and Long-Term), Sun-Earth Relations and Climate | |
| World Data Center for Geophysics, Beijing | WDC - Geophysics, Beijing | Regular | Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Space Sciences, Earth Sciences | |
| World Data Center for Solid Earth Physics, Moscow | WDC for SEP | Regular | Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russian Federation | Earth Sciences, Seismology, Geomagnetism (Main Magnetic Field), Archeo- and Paleo-Magnetism, Gravimetry, Geothermics, Recent Movements, Marine Geology and Geophysics | |
| WFCC - MIRCEN World Data Centre for Microorganisms | WDCM | Regular | China | Life Sciences, Microbiology | ||
| World Data Center for Climate | WDCC | Regular | German Climate Computing Center | Germany | ||
| World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development | WDC-Ukraine | Regular | National Technical University of Ukraine | Ukraine | ||
| World Data Center for Geomagnetism, Copenhagen | Regular | National Space Institute | Denmark | cannot find them | ||
| World Data Center for Geomagnetism, Edinburgh | WDC for Geomagnetism, Edinburgh | Regular | British Geological Survey | United Kingdom | ||
| World Data Center for Geomagnetism, Kyoto | WDC for Geomagnetism, Kyoto | Regular | Kyoto University | Japan | ||
| World Data Center for Ionosphere and Space Weather | WDC - ISW | Regular | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology | Japan | ||
| World Data Center for Meteorology | WDC for Meteorology | Regular | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | United States | ||
| World Data Center for Meteorology, Obninsk | WDC - Meteorology, Obninsk | Regular | All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information | Russian Federation | ||
| World Data Center for Oceanography, Obninsk | WDC - Oceanography, Obninsk | Regular | All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information | Russian Federation | ||
| World Data Center for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere | WDC-RSAT | Regular | German Aerospace Center (DLR) | Germany | ||
| World Data Center for Solar Activity/BASS2000 | WDC-Solar Activity | Regular | Observatoire de Paris - PSL | France | ||
| World Data Center - Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre | ASWFC | Regular | Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology | Australia | Space Sciences, Ionosphere, Solar Observations, Geomagnetism, SolarTerrestrial Physics, Space Weather | |
| World Data Centre for Soils | WDC-Soils | Regular | ISRIC World Soil Information | Netherlands | ||
| World Data Service for Geophysics | WDS for Geophysics | Regular | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | United States | Earth Sciences, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Geology, Natural Resources | |
| World Data Service for Oceanography | WDS for Oceanography | Regular | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | United States | Life Sciences, Oceanography | |
| World Data Service for Paleoclimatology | WDS for Paleoclimatology | Regular | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | United States | Earth Sciences, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, Global Change | |
| World Glacier Monitoring Service | WGMS | Regular | University of Zurich | Switzerland | Earth Sciences, Geography, Glaciology | |
| World Stress Map Project | WSM Project | Regular | Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences | Germany | Earth Sciences, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Geology, Natural Resources | |
| Worldwide Protein Data Bank | wwPDB | Regular | Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank; Protein Data Bank in Europe; Protein Data Bank Japan; Electron Microscopy Data Bank; Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank; Protein Data Bank China | United States | Life Sciences, Structural Biology | |
| WorldWideScience Alliance | WWS | Associate | U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information | United States | Global Science Portal |