Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A Benchling lab notebook export deposited to Zenodo with a DOI as supplementary material for a paper
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A scanned paper notebook deposited as a PDF is not an electronic lab notebook in the structured sense
Editorial commentary
ELNs (Benchling, LabArchives, eLabFTW, etc.) are replacing paper notebooks for primary record-keeping. As a citable research output, the notebook contents may be exported and deposited to FAIR repositories; some funders’ open-science policies now treat ELN entries as primary records subject to retention requirements.
References
- Kanza et al. 2017 ‘Electronic lab notebooks: can they replace paper?’ J Cheminform
- Wellcome Trust Open Research Policies
Also known as
ELN · Electronic lab notebook
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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