Publication of research data
There are a variety of ways to publish research data for reuse, whether in a data repository, a data journal, your own website, or appended to a journal article. There is a growing expectation among research funding bodies and journals that data should be openly available in a data repository.
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Choosing a repository
There are several repositories where you can deposit and share your research data. Which repository is most suitable will depend on what research funding bodies, publishers, or journals require and the type of research data you have to deposit. There are both general and discipline-specific repositories. If there is a recognised service specific to your field it is usually the best option.
Finding a repository
Re3data, the Registry of Research Data Repositories, lists online services for a range of disciplines. Science Europe’s criteria for choosing a repository are useful if there is no generally recognised discipline-specific repository for your field.
Find a repository at re3data.org
Science Europe guide to research data management and selecting a repository – scienceeurope.org
Persistent identifiers, documentation, and metadata
Any credible repository will assign your research data a persistent identifier such as a DOI (digital object identifier) and will require you to deposit data with documentation and metadata. Repositories have different metadata requirements – for example, different metadata standards – which should be kept in mind when starting a research project.
Examples of general or interdisciplinary repositories
The links below lead to the repositories own websites.
Lund University has its own service, DataGURU, for sharing environmental and climate data.
Lund University's service DataGURU – dataguru.lu.se
Contact the Library of Science for help
If you are unsure about which repository to choose, the Library of Science offers research support.
Anja Zimmerman
Specialist librarian in research support at the Biology Library and Geolibrary.
Email: anja [dot] zimmerman [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se
Phone: +46 76-139 17 01
Kurt Mattsson
Specialist librarian in research support at the Library of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
Email: kurt [dot] mattsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se
Phone: +46 79-063 08 23
Thomas Tengelin Nyström
Specialist librarian in research support at the Physics- and Astronomy Library.
Email: thomas [dot] tengelin_nystrom [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se
Phone: +46 72 08 49 804
Safeguarded and controlled data
Not all research data should be freely available. Sharing of data may be limited because it contains personal data, sensitive or classified information, or copyrighted material. Where research data is generated by participants from two or more higher education institutions, an agreement should be drawn up concerning limitations on sharing data.
Guidelines on the registration of personal data processing for research on the Staff Pages