1. Find the right repository for your data
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2. Find the right repository for your data
What to look for in a data repository
Quality curation
A commitment to long-term preservation
Features that support collaborative analysis
Features that allow you keep data private until you are ready to publish.
Investigate data archiving options at your institution:
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3. Find the right repository for your data
Browse recommended data repository online.
We currently list more than 60 repositories, across the biological, physical and social sciences
We advise authors on the best place to store their data

4. Find the right repository for your data
When a specific data repository does not exist for your field, the data services offered by the following may suit your needs:
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5. Get the most from your data
Preserve it
Encourage reuse
Get credit

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Honorary Academic Editor
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Advisory Panel and Editorial Board including senior researchers, funders, librarians and curators
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Scientific Data is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets. Our primary article-type, the Data Descriptor, is designed to make your data more discoverable, interpretable and reusable.
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