---
task_categories:
- summarization
- text-generation
- text-classification
- text2text-generation
language:
- en
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
license: cc-by-4.0
---
# SciNews

The SciNews dataset is designed to facilitate the development and evaluation of models that generate scientific news reports from scholarly articles. This dataset aims to bridge the gap between complex scientific research and the general public by simplifying and summarizing academic content into accessible narratives. It supports tasks like text summarization, simplification, and the automated generation of scientific news, providing a valuable resource for enhancing public engagement with science and technology.

## Dataset Details

### Dataset Description


- **Curated by:** Dongqi Pu, Yifan Wang, Jia Loy, Vera Demberg from the Department of Computer Science and Department of Language Science and Technology at Saarland Informatics Campus, Saarland University, Germany.
- **Funded by [optional]:** This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Grant Agreement No. 948878).
- **Language(s) (NLP):** English

### Dataset Sources [optional]

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- **Repository:** The dataset and code related to this work are available at [SciNews Project Page](https://dongqi.me/projects/SciNews).
- **Paper:** The details about the dataset can be found in the paper "SciNews: From Scholarly Complexities to Public Narratives – A Dataset for Scientific News Report Generation" by Dongqi Pu, Yifan Wang, Jia Loy, Vera Demberg.


## Dataset Creation

### Data Collection and Processing

Data was collected from the Science X platform, an open-access hub for science, technology, and medical research news. The selection criteria ensured that the articles were open access and published under the "Creative Commons" CC-BY-4.0 license. Data extraction was performed using web scraping tools like Selenium and BeautifulSoup.

### Annotations

The dataset does not include additional annotations as it is a compilation of existing scientific papers and their corresponding news reports. The quality control included automated and human assessments to ensure the relevance and quality of the news narratives in relation to the original scientific papers.

### Recommendations

Users of the SciNews dataset should be aware of its limitations and biases, particularly when developing models for scientific news generation. Efforts should be made to address potential biases and ensure that generated narratives accurately and fairly represent the original scientific content.

## Citation

**BibTeX:**

```bibtex
@article{pu2024scinews,
  title={SciNews: From Scholarly Complexities to Public Narratives – A Dataset for Scientific News Report Generation},
  author={Pu, Dongqi and Wang, Yifan and Loy, Jia and Demberg, Vera},
  journal={Saarland Informatics Campus, Saarland University, Germany},
  year={2024}
}
```

**APA:**

Pu, D., Wang, Y., Loy, J., & Demberg, V. (2024). SciNews: From Scholarly Complexities to Public Narratives – A Dataset for Scientific News Report Generation. Saarland Informatics Campus, Saarland University, Germany.


## Dataset Card Authors

This dataset card was created based on the paper by Dongqi Pu, Yifan Wang, Jia Loy, Vera Demberg from Saarland University, Germany.

## Dataset Card Contact

For further inquiries or questions regarding the SciNews dataset, please contact the email addresses: dongqi.me@gmail.com