UVM Libraries Research Guides: Data Management Guide: Sharing Data

Directories of Data Repositories

Use these directories of repositories to identify discipline-specific repositories, if any exist. You can always use a generalist repository, but check these directories, refer to any publication guidelines, and ask your colleagues or professional organizations if there are more targeted repositories where your data can live with other similar research data.

Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data.org)
Registry of research data repositories, managed by the DataCite organization.
FAIRsharing
A catalogue of databases, described according to the BioDBcore guidelines, along with the standards used within them; partly compiled with the support of Oxford University Press.
Open Access Directory (OAD), Data Repositories
A succinct list of repositories and databases for open data sorted by subject, hosted by the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College and supervised by an independent editorial board.
OpenDOAR
An authoritative directory of academic open access repositories. As well as providing a simple repository list, OpenDOAR lets you search for repositories or search repository contents.

Select lists by funding agencies and major publications:

Nature, Data Repository Guidance
Major discipline and generalist repositories recommended by the journal Nature.
NIH-Supported Scientific Data Repositories
This table lists NIH-supported data repositories that make data accessible for reuse. Most accept submissions of appropriate data from NIH-funded investigators (and others), but some restrict data submission to only those researchers involved in a specific research network.
USGS Acceptable Digital Repositories
A list of acceptable repositories for USGS funded information products, a category that includes scientific publications, such as USGS series and outside publications, and data products).

Generalist Repositories

**Generalist Repository Comparison Chart**
If using a domain repository is not possible, use this chart to compare some of the main generalist repositories to determine which is the best for you.

These major "generalist" (interdisciplinary) repositories host data from any discipline. Check for any disciplinary repositories using the directories of repositories listed under the next section on this page.

Dataverse
An open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore and analyze research data. It facilitates making data available to others, and allows you to replicate others work. Researchers, data authors, publishers, data distributors, and affiliated institutions all receive appropriate credit.
Dryad Digital Repository
A curated resource that makes the data underlying scientific publications discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Provides a general-purpose home for a wide diversity of datatypes.
FigShare
A repository where users can make all of their research outputs available in a citable, shareable and discoverable manner. Allows users to upload any file format to be made visualizable in the browser so that figures, datasets, media, papers, posters, presentations, and filesets can be disseminated.
Mendeley Data
Quick and easy upload files of any type with unique DOI assignment. Unpublished data can be privately shared.
Zenodo
Open source, open science repository.

More specific to social sciences (broadly speaking):

ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
Social, behavioral, and health sciences research data. ICPSR deposits are available to ICPSR member institutions (not fully open). For a fee, ICPSR curates data to maximize access and ensure long-term preservation.
Qualitative Data Repository
A dedicated archive for storing and sharing digital data (and accompanying documentation) generated or collected through qualitative and multi-method research in the social sciences.

Git Repositories

Git repositories are used to store and manage versions of files for a project, often used collaboratively by programmers developing source code.

GitLab (UVM)
Locally managed, open source software to collaborate on code. Manage git repositories with fine grained access controls that keep your code secure. Perform code reviews and enhance collaboration with merge requests. Each project can also have an issue tracker and a wiki.
GitHub
A web-based source code repository service, which offers source code management (SCM) functionality, access control, and collaboration features.

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Directories of Data Repositories

Generalist Repositories

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