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Data Management

Resources and tips to help you securely preserve, share, license, and create metadata for your data, plus writing a data management plan and citing data.

Data sharing policies

Data Sharing Requirements by Federal Agency
Allows to track, compare, and understand U.S. federal funder research data sharing policies.
SHERPA/Juliet
Allows to find research funders' conditions for open access publication and data sharing.

How to share

Deposit your data in SOAR@SU, the SU Libraries' institutional repository.
How to submit to SOAR@SU

Deposit your data in a disciplinary repository.
Find a data repository in your discipline

Publish your data in a data journal.
A list of data journals

Submit your data with a journal article as a supplemental file.
See Science Journals' editorial policy as an example

The benefits of data sharing

promotes research discoveries
supports validation and replication
reduces redundant research efforts
enhances collaboration
increases research impact and citation rates
meets funders' data sharing requirements