01362nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001260002800042653001600070653001800086653001300104100001600117700002200133700001600155700001900171245007000190520093200260       2023                            d  bZenodoaUppsala, Sweden10adata papers10aDocumentation10aparadata1 aIsto Huvila1 aDydimus Zengenene1 aOlle Sköld1 aLisa Andersson00aData Papers as Documentation of  Research Processes and Practices3 aThis paper reports preliminary results of an on-going study of data papers, a fairly recently introduced type of journal paper designed for documenting and instigating the publishing of research data sets. The aim of the paper is to provide new knowledge on how research processes and practices are described in a set of archaeological data papers selected for analysis. The findings point to a diversity of strategies of how research processes are documented. Explaining factors include the type of data and research where the dataset is stemming from, cross-disciplinary influences from fields outside of archaeology, and the original purpose of data collection and whether it appears that the data was collected for sharing and publishing. The findings point to several possibilities to develop author guidelines for data papers and insights into why and what some types of datasets appear as easier to document than others.