What's the Research-Related Purpose?
- To monitor reuse of your data by promoting data citation and the tracking of data reuse.
- To provide an accessible location for data files (including software scripts) associated with published articles in the sciences or medicine.
Additional Information:
- Data files receive persistent, resolvable Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) that can be used in a citation as well as listed on your CV.
Further Reading:
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION EXAMPLE:
Zehr SM, Roach RG, Haring D, Taylor J, Cameron FH, Yoder AD (2014) Life history profiles for 27 strepsirrhine primate taxa generated using captive data from the Duke Lemur Center. Scientific Data 1: 140019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2014.19
DRYAD DATA PACKAGE EXAMPLE:
Zehr SM, Roach RG, Haring D, Taylor J, Cameron FH, Yoder AD (2014) Data from: Life history profiles for 27 strepsirrhine primate taxa generated using captive data from the Duke Lemur Center. Dryad Digital Repository. http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.fj974