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
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
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
Data is important to assessing the accuracy of a scholarly research article. That’s why Dryad offers Private for Peer Review — an optional feature that grants controlled access for journal staff, editors, and peer reviewers before datasets are published. When … Continue reading
At a moment defined by uncertainty, skepticism, and especially tight resources, Open Data offers a practical, powerful way to strengthen research, rebuild confidence in the scholarly record, increase efficiency, and accelerate discovery. Dryad is uniquely positioned to help researchers realize … Continue reading
An interview with Dr. Troy D. Wood of the University at Buffalo
For Dr. Troy D. Wood, who studies plant metabolomics at the University at Buffalo, the value of data sharing lies in its power to accelerate discovery and fuel collaboration. Along with a team of colleagues, Dr. Wood chose to publish … Continue reading
Seven factors that set Dryad apart
Data availability is an important aspect of communicating scholarly research. Not only has public data been shown to increase understanding, support reproducibility, increase attention, and facilitate reuse — it’s increasingly required by funders and publishers. There are plenty of ways … Continue reading
Post your preprint and publish your data at the same time
Dryad is excited to announce a partnership with openRxiv to enable an integration with the preprint server bioRxiv. Beginning today, authors posting preprints to bioRxiv will have the opportunity to upload their data and metadata to Dryad at the same … Continue reading
README files are a simple but crucial component of data sharing. A README provides the context and detail to understand and reuse data, maximizing the benefits of open data — improved understanding, reproducibility, trust, and attention. Continue reading