Dryad is happy to announce a new initiative with Pensoft Publishers, the pioneering publisher behind ZooKeys and other rapid-publication open access journals, including BioRisk, Comparative Cytogenetics, International Journal of Myriapodology, Journal of Hymenoptera Research, NeoBiota, PhytoKeys, and Subterranean Biology. Dryad … Continue reading
If you have recently published data in Dryad, chances are it was in the course of publishing an article at a partner journal that steered you our way. But you may be aware that Dryad accepts data from any peer-reviewed … Continue reading
Researchers working in data-intensive science, as well as science editors and publishers thinking about data policies, may want to take note of a new article by Michael Whitlock, Data archiving in ecology and evolution: best practices in the current issue … Continue reading
Are you curious about what’s involved in depositing data in Dryad? looking for a quick way to show colleagues how straightforward data archiving can be? Dryad’s new 2-minute video demonstrates the data deposit process from start to finish. The video … Continue reading
It’s January 2011– do you know where your data are? It would be a good idea to know and be ready to deposit your files in a data repository, because this month marks the implementation of the Joint Data Archiving … Continue reading
An international group of major health research funders have made a “joint statement of purpose” announcing, in strong and clear terms, their intent to promote greater sharing of research data. As public and charitable funders of this research, we believe … Continue reading
We’ve created a new Twitter feed for announcing all new data packages added to Dryad. It’s @datadryadnew — follow it if you want to keep an eye on what is going in to the repository. Our @datadryad feed is also … Continue reading
BioMed Central, publisher of over 200 peer-reviewed journals, has issued a draft statement on data sharing and open data, inviting comments from the scientific community. BMC’s Iain Hrynaszkiewicz consulted with several Dryad team members in the formulation of the statement. … Continue reading
Several journals in the field of proteomics have decided to mandate data sharing at the time of publication. These journals are leading the way toward data sharing out of a conviction that “the provenance of data sets and their proper … Continue reading
There are lots of opinions and answers to this question. For starters, here’s a lively blog post, responding to this editorial last April. Consider also this blog post. What do you think are the barriers to data sharing?