Dryad Community update: April 2026 highlights

The first months of 2026 have been busy ones for Dryad. We’re forging new partnerships and expanding longstanding ones, speaking out in the Open Science community, and supporting research integrity.  Updates from Dryad Data is important to assessing the accuracy … Continue reading

openRxiv and Dryad expand their partnership

Publish data on Dryad when posting a preprint to bioRxiv or medRxiv

In September 2025, openRxiv and Dryad announced a new partnership and technological integration enabling researchers to publish data on Dryad as part of the bioRxiv preprint posting workflow. Six months on, we’re excited to extend our collaboration to include medRxiv … Continue reading

Now more than ever, Open Data infrastructure is essential

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

Dryad community update: October 2025 highlights

We’re excited to share the latest advances in Dryad data curation, publication, and preservation with you. Sustaining Open Data Infrastructure Hear Dryad Executive Director Jennifer Gibson and Karl Benedict, recently retired from the University of New Mexico, one of Dryad’s … Continue reading

The impact of open data: Six ways data availability benefits research, researchers, and stakeholders

How does open data benefit research, researchers, and stakeholders? Here we explore just six of the many benefits of open data. Continue reading

Support Dryad’s essential Open Science infrastructure through SCOSS

Dryad has been recognized by SCOSS as providing essential international open science infrastructure since December 2022. We’re honored that SCOSS coalition members from around the world continue to see Dryad data curation, publication, and preservation as essential to the future of Open Science. And we couldn’t agree more. Continue reading

SCOSS: New institutions pledge support for Dryad

Dryad is deeply grateful for the support of thirteen institutions who have generously contributed to us through SCOSS so far this year, and the three consortia who have organized pledging campaigns. SCOSS investments are so important to help build sustainability … Continue reading