Laying a foundation for meaningful data sharing

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 →

Dryad gives researchers due CRediT

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 →

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 →

The perks of Dryad’s ‘Private for Peer Review’ feature

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 →

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 →