Data Management: Data Sharing & Repositories

The FAIR principles help ensure data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. Find out more at https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/

Sharing Data guide - Univ Washington Health Science Library

Data Repositories guide - Harvard Medical School Library

"Data repositories 101: Finding a repository for your data" (video) - National Institutes of Health

Many Data Repositories exist to store and share data. Repositories may accept specific types or data, like images, or genomic data, while others accept general data types. Some publishers or funders require you to use approved repositories.  

Use these links to find appropriate repositories to share your research data.

• Nature recommended repositories
  Repositories that meet Nature's requirements for data access, preservation and stability. Some repositories may have funder requirements.
• Dryad 
  Provides a general-purpose home for a wide diversity of data types.
• figshare
   Allows upload of any file format.
• Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data.org)
  2000 data repositories can be browsed by subject, country, or content type, and searched for by 41 different attributes.
• Data Repositories by Subject from OAD
  Search by alphabetical subject listing for an open access data repository
• NIH Data Sharing Repositories
  A list of NIH-supported data repositories that make data available for reuse.
• NIH figshare instance
  A new generalist data repository for all NIH-funded researchers, in partnership with figshare
• Harvard's Comparison of 6 Data Repositories
  Compares the features of Dataverse, Dryad, figshare, Zenodo, GigaScience, and Scientific Data
• Journal of Open Source Software
  A developer friendly, open access journal for research software packages.