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Data Publication - publishing research data
The permanent archiving of research data is not only part of good scientific practice, but also represents added value for a researcher's scientific work, in that his or her own work is secured, can be reviewed by other researchers, and can thus form the basis for new research projects. This can lead to an overall increase in a researcher's visibility. Data can be published either as part of an article in a journal, in a data repository (special form of archive for storing digital objects), or in a data journal. Some third-party funders even explicitly require the public provision of data after the end of the project.
Repositories for research data
Re3Data is one of the best-known registries for research data repositories. There, repositories from all over the world can be searched according to their classification in certain filters. Repositories differ, for example, with regard to the duration of data storage or the reuse possibilities of the data. Below you will find a small selection of repositories divided according to their domain.
- PANGAEA
- PANGAEA is a digital library system for data from earth system research and environmental sciences. Data can be stored georeferenced in time (date/time and geological age) and space (latitude/longitude, depth/height).
- GESIS
- GESIS archives quantitative social research data and makes them available to the scientifically interested public. All data are documented according to international standards and secured for the long term.
- DRYAD
- DRYAD serves the publication of research data in the life sciences.
- Cambridge Structural Database CSD
- CSD is a repository for three-dimensional structural data of molecules.
- TextGrid
- The TextGrid Repository is a long-term archive for research data in the humanities.
- Data centers of KonsortSWD
- The Konsortium für Sozial-, Verhaltens-, Bildungs- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften (KonsortSWD) assists in the management and reuse of data in accordance with FAIR principles. In doing so, it collaborates with a decentralized network of research datacenters.
- RADAR
- RADAR is a research data repository that supports cross-disciplinary research data management and was developed by the Technischen Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Hannover and the Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur (FIZ) Karlsruhe as part of a DFG project. It is an all-in-one service.
- OpARA
- The Open Access Repository and Archive is the joint repository for digital research data of TU Dresden, HTW Dresden and TU Bergakademie Freiberg and offers researchers the opportunity to archive their digital research data and optionally make it available to third parties under an Open Access license.
- TUCdata
- At the TU Chemnitz, a networked information infrastructure is currently being established within the framework of Hybrid Societies. This infrastructure is to contain three overlapping main components: a research information and expert system of the TU Chemnitz (TUCfis), a newly established university bibliography (TUCbib) and a separate institutional data repository of the TU Chemnitz (TUCdata). By rector circular of July 14, 2020 Prof. Dr. Martin Gaedke, professorship "Distributed and Self-organizing Systems" of the Faculty of Computer Science, was appointed rectorate representative for the development of a research information system.
- TIB AV-Portal
- With the AV-Portal, the Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) offers a web-based platform for quality-checked scientific videos from technology and the natural sciences.
- GitHub
- GitHub is an online service that provides software development projects on its servers.
- Zenodo
- Zenodo is an open access repository developed under the European OpenAIRE program and operated by CERN. It allows researchers to deposit datasets, research software, reports, and other research-related digital artifacts.
- Figshare
- Figshare is an open-access repository where researchers can keep and share their research results such as figures, datasets, images and videos.
More information on the nature of repositories and how to choose a suitable representative can be found at the following link: Forschungsdaten.info: Repositorien
Data Journals
The focus of a classic journal is on the article. If the research work is based on data, these are usually only rarely published with the article. With a data journal, it is the other way around. There, the focus is on the data or data sets of a research work. In addition to the publication or provision of the data in the journal's own repositories, great importance is attached to the data documentation. Were the data adequately described? How were the data collected? How can the data be reused?
A cross-disciplinary data journal, for example, is Scientific Data. This peer-reviewed journal is published by Nature Publishing Group, and its thematic focus is on the description of datasets relevant to the natural sciences. More information on data journals and corresponding lists of representatives can be found at the following links.
Licensing
Before data can be published, the legal aspects relating to the data must first be examined. May the data be published at all? Who has which rights to the data? Who is allowed to publish the data and thus decide about licensing?
Once these aspects have been clarified, the publication issues themselves still need to be clarified. Should the data be published at all? Are there ethical or other reasons why it should not be published? What should be considered in the case of personal or sensitive data? Should access rights to the data be restricted? How should the data be allowed to be reused?
Only after all legal, ethical and reuse issues have been resolved should a decision be made on how to license the research data. More information on publishing research data in connection with licensing can be found at the following links.