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

How Dryad data curators help make data sharing simple for researchers

Data sharing can be challenging. Dryad’s experienced data curators smooth the way with expert, hands-on support for researchers to ensure that all the data we publish is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR). Continue reading

A warm welcome to Dryad’s ten newest partners

More than 80 institutions, publishers, academic societies, and other organizations worldwide partner with Dryad to sponsor data curation, publication, and preservation for their researchers. We’re thrilled to welcome ten new members to our community Continue reading

Introducing the Dryad partner program and updated fee structure: A scalable, community-driven approach to funding open data and researcher support

Today, Dryad announces a new partner program and fee structure. The updates represent a fresh approach to funding that promises to ensure our robustness as an organization and enable us to meet the demands for data sharing and researcher support now and in the future. Under our new fee structure, all authors pay a Data Publication Charge that scales with use to reflect the true costs of this work. Continue reading

PIDs and the discoverability of relevant research data

Post by Audrey Hamelers, Senior Software Developer and the Dryad team Is there a published article associated with a particular dataset? Have the authors deposited any other data? Are there other Dryad datasets associated with the same journal? Following an … Continue reading

In the community: Open data in academic publishing

Learn more about how Dryad has supported data sharing since our inception in 2008, and the impact we have in advancing scientific research in this recent presentation by Dryad’s Executive Director, Jen Gibson. Continue reading

Leaders in open data: Journal editors boost standards for data sharing

One of the key drivers of Dryad’s success in the years since we first went online in 2008 is our connection to journals and the research publication workflow. While now supporting data submission at any point in the research process, and showcasing data and analysis as independently important contributions to research and discovery, our ability to capture data at a crucial point in the investigator’s path to publication remains very powerful.  Continue reading

Dryad in the community: Everything you always wanted to know about the SCOSS 4th pledging round

In this webinar, hear from SCOSS Board representatives regarding the SCOSS vetting process, and hear from representatives of the three infrastructures selected for this year’s SCOSS cohort, including Dryad’s Head of Community Engagement, Sarah Lippincott, introducing their organizations and their paths towards sustainability. Continue reading