The theme of Open Access Week 2026 “The Cost of Knowledge” speaks to an issue close to Dryad, and one that is at the forefront of current discourse: Appropriate funding for research infrastructure. Over the past two decades the scholarly … Continue reading
An interview with Dr. Pradip K. Bera
For Dr. Pradip K. Bera organization and planning are both the major challenge and the key to effective data sharing. Bera is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he works … Continue reading
Beginning this September, Dryad adopted a subset of CRediT to better define author contributions to the datasets we publish. The full Contributor Role Taxonomy, more commonly known as CRediT, establishes 14 author roles spanning the research process from ‘conceptualization’ to … Continue reading
In July Dryad released its annual report for the 2024/2025 fiscal year. It was in many ways a watershed year for the organization. The fiscal year ending in June 2025 saw Dryad’s evolution into a service organization, related shifts in … Continue reading
Across the research ecosystem, from researchers, to institutions, to societies and publishers, rapid shifts and limited resources are challenging everyone to do more with less, while responding dynamically to rapidly changing needs. Open infrastructures like Dryad have a vital role … Continue reading
Dryad is seeking a Partnership Development Manager to expand the global community of institutions, publishing organisations and academic societies leveraging our world-class service for data publishing and help achieve our vision for open data to help drive the translation of … Continue reading
Dryad is a leading publisher of research data in all its varied forms and formats across disciplines. We work with thousands of authors each year to prepare data publications according to FAIR standards, and house over 70,000 highly-discoverable preserved research … Continue reading
Written by Dan Edwards, Head of Data Publishing, and Maria Guerreiro, Head of Partnership Development As the demand and opportunity to share research data intensifies across disciplines, a particular kind of editorial expertise is coming into focus: the Data Editor. … Continue reading
Dryad is once again opening our doors to new leadership. We are seeking up to three new members to join our Board of Directors and help guide the next chapter for open data publishing. Submit your application by July 10, … Continue reading
An interview with Ann Van de Winckel
Dr. Ann Van de Winckel, studies physical therapy and rehabilitative medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical school, and serves as Director of the Brain Body Mind Lab there. In November 2023, she published a dataset, “Finding functionality: Rasch analysis … Continue reading