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Make research data reusable.

NOMAD helps researchers explore published results, organize files and structured data, collaborate on projects, and publish citable research. NOMAD Central Platform is the free, public community platform for materials science data and the easiest place to begin.

Research data lifecycle: produce, organize, publish, and reuse
Why researchers use NOMAD

From research files to reusable results

NOMAD adds structure and context without separating your data from the original files that produced it.

Structured by default

Turn files into usable data

NOMAD keeps your original research files and extracts consistent, searchable metadata from recognized formats.

Access & control

Work privately, share when ready

Develop a project with collaborators, control access while work is in progress, and decide when the result becomes public.

FAIR research outputs

Publish data others can reuse

Connect files, structured entries, metadata, and an optional DOI in a research output that can be found and cited.

Who this is for

One platform across research projects

Use NOMAD when you generate research data, build on public results, or coordinate work with a team.

Researchers producing data

Bring together outputs from simulations, experiments, instruments, and electronic lab notebooks.

Researchers reusing data

Search public results, inspect their provenance, analyze data collections in integrated notebooks, or download them for use in your own research.

Research teams

Organize related work in projects, collaborate before publication, and share completed results.

Data on NOMAD Central Platform

A large & diverse public collection

NOMAD Central Platform brings computational and experimental materials science data into one searchable service. Explore the public collection without an account and inspect both structured results and their original files.

19M+ entries
4.3M+ materials
129.6 TB raw files
150+ supported codes, instruments, and formats

Computational data

Results from electronic-structure, atomistic, molecular dynamics, and workflow codes, normalized for comparison across sources.

Experimental data

Measurements, microscopy, spectroscopy, synthesis records, and other community-specific data captured with shared and domain-specific schemas.

Research workflows

Choose a route into NOMAD

Explore public data without an account, or sign in to organize, share, and publish your own research.

Explore & reuse data

Search published computational and experimental data using structured scientific metadata.

  • Explore 19M+ entries without an account
  • Inspect processed results and their original research files
  • Download data for comparison, validation, or further analysis
No account required
Explore NOMAD Central Platform →

Organize & collaborate

Bring related files, structured entries, project information, and collaborators together.

  • Create a project for a study, publication, or shared workflow
  • Keep files private while work is in progress
  • Invite coauthors with edit access or reviewers with read access
Free account
Follow the project tutorial →

Publish & cite

Make a completed project findable and reusable while keeping control of when data become public.

  • Review the files and entries before irreversible publication
  • Publish immediately or use an embargo
  • Assign a DOI to a published project on NOMAD Central Platform
NOMAD Central Platform
Read the publishing guide →
More ways to work

Document & analyze within NOMAD

Go beyond file processing with tools for structured experiment documentation and interactive analysis.

Document experiments with an ELN Record samples, instruments, processes, and measurements using built-in electronic-lab-notebook templates. Start the ELN tutorial → Analyze data in NORTH Run notebooks and analysis tools close to your NOMAD data without moving it into a separate environment first. Learn about analysis in NORTH →
Related routes

When your workflow needs more

For needs beyond NOMAD Central Platform, explore institutional Oasis deployments, plugin development, instrument automation with CAMELS, and examples in the NOMAD Gallery.

Run NOMAD for your group or institution Use a NOMAD Oasis to organize research data throughout the project lifecycle, and give your group or institution a shared environment for data collection, collaboration and analysis. See options for organizations → Extend NOMAD’s data support Develop plugins to tailor NOMAD infrastructure to domain-specific data and workflows with custom schemas, parsers, search interfaces, executable workflows, and other integrations. Open the developer overview → Control instruments with CAMELS Automate measurements, connect laboratory instruments, and capture FAIR experimental data at the source. Explore NOMAD CAMELS → Browse the NOMAD Gallery Explore examples, features, and use cases from the NOMAD community. Visit the NOMAD Gallery →