An open dataset of scholarly publications highlighted by journal editors

<p><strong>Abstract: </strong></p> <p>We present a dataset of scholarly publications featured as outstanding by journal editors.<br> This first version, which covers the last 10 years, includes papers referenced in (a) Breakthroughs of the year by Science Magazine (b) Les 10 d&eacute;couvertes de l&#39;ann&eacute;e by La Recherche Magazine (c) research highlights by Nature journal and (c) Editors&#39; choice by Science magazine.</p> <p>The rationale and process of its creation are described in details in the&nbsp; following pre-print:</p> <p>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 &quot;editorial highlights&quot; .&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.07910">Arxiv 2011.07910</a></p> <p><br> <strong>Description of the dataset</strong></p> <p>In this version, the datasets are released in 4 Microsoft Excel Files.</p> <p>1. Science - Breakthroughs of the year</p> <p>2. La Recherche - les dix d&eacute;couvertes de l&#39;ann&eacute;e</p> <p>3. Nature Magazine - Research highlights</p> <p>4. Science magazine - Editors&#39; choices</p> <p>The entries for each year are recorded in a separate sheet.</p> <p>In each sheet, the highlighting article and its metadata are recorded as well as the referenced papers together with their identifiers (doi)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>