Discipline-specific Data Repositories
Often, a funder or journal will have particular requirements regarding the platform you use to publish your data, and may specify a particular discipline-specific repository, like ICPSR for social sciences data, GenBank for gene sequencing data, or OpenNeuro for neurosciences data.
Policies regarding storage limits, costs, and allowable formats will vary. PLOS One and Nature have compiled useful guides to selecting a disciplinary data repository (please note that the Nature list is no longer updated, but still has some useful suggestions). Both guides also contain criteria to consider when deciding whether to use a repository that is not among their listed recommendations.
| Who is eligible? | Anyone |
| Is there a cost? | Policies vary, but there can sometimes be a cost associated with publishing your data via a disciplinary data repository; costs are often correlated to the size of your dataset. |
| Contact | For more information regarding discipline-specific data repositories, or for help evaluating which data repository might best meet your needs, please us the Research Facilitation Services (RFS) intake form. |