Best Practise

If you have a problem or a question and have not yet found a solution: What could be more helpful than reading how someone else has dealt with it?
There’s no need to keep stepping on the same rake. Explore our curated collection of Best Practice Examples! From research methodologies to chemistry teaching to data management strategies, we’ve gathered exemplary cases. Dive into success stories, dissecting the principles driving excellence in our community. Whether you’re a seasoned researcher or a newcomer to the field, our repository offers actionable insights to propel your work forward. Discover how researchers are pushing the boundaries of possibility, and learn how you can apply these best practices in your own endeavors.

So take a look at our best practice examples and learn from others how you can avoid mistakes, save time and achieve the best results.

Here are our Best Practise-articles

Research data management for all - The article reports on the experiences gained with the introduction of an ELN at the University of Würzburg. Continue reading
FAIR4Chem-Awardees 2026 nominated - The winners of the FAIR4Chem Award have now been announced. Once again, we have two winners this year. Continue reading
Developments SmartLab & Repositories - News from our tools - the next steps with our ELN and Repositories. Continue reading
euroSAMPL1 Blind Prediction Challenge Overview and Analysis Paper Published - “Hot Paper” in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.: Challenge combining molecular property predictions with peer evaluation of data FAIRness. Continue reading
4. Ontologies4Chem Workshop - The primary aim was to advance a shared, community-governed “ontology canon”, understood as a set of recommended chemical ontologies. Continue reading
Research Data Management and Open Science in Practice - Ann-Christin Andres spent two months at TU Denmark as part of a fellowship. Here is her report. Continue reading
Learning and Sharing at the TEACH V Community Conference - J. Ortmeyer got the chance to share our approach towards education in data literacy. Continue reading
Why machine-readable data is not just a good idea for AI - New Podcast by Philip Strömert and Steffen Neumann Continue reading
Sustainable research through digital lab environments - New Podcast by Nicole Jung and Joachim Richert Continue reading
Green Research Data Management - Report from a consortium meeting workshop on an important topic Continue reading

to be continued

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