Publishing data

Authors have various options for sharing and publishing data. Preference should be given to discipline specific, community recognised repositories which are well subscribed and supported within the discipline. They have the expertise and resources to deal with discipline specific data. There are hundreds of such repositories worldwide with community specific standards. The Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data.org) is a widely used source of information about them. 

If a suitable disciplinary-specific repository is not available, then a general repository that handles a variety of data types could be used. Zenodo is recognised as a good option. It is a trusted multi-disciplinary repository funded by the EU and run by CERN. It accepts datasets as well as publications, presentations, posters, multimedia and software. Datasets deposited will get a DOI (persistent and unique identifier). It can be used for long-term preservation and sharing of research results, but not for data management in ongoing projects. 

The University of Galway Community on Zenodo is managed by the library. It is intended for datasets by researchers affiliated with the university. They should preferably use a discipline specific repository or one specified by their funder, otherwise Zenodo is an option. 

For more information about publishing data go to 

https://libguides.library.universityofgalway.ie/researchdatamanagement/publishingdata