Data sharing vs data dissemination
Data sharing refers to the peer-to-peer transmission of data privately between researchers and other parties. In contrast data dissemination refers to the publication of data through some form of public setting.
How to share data
Research data can be shared by using Stellenbosch University's Microsoft Teams or file transfer applications such as Filesender.
How is data published?
Data can be published in several ways:
- Data publishing via academic journals
- Data publishing via data journals
- Data publishing via repositories
Data publishing via academic journals
Some
academic journal publishers require researchers to submit supplementary data along with their scholarly papers.
Data publishing via data journals
Research data can be published in the form of stand-alone data papers in selected
data journals.
Data publishing via repositories
Researchers can publish research data through different types of repositories. A comprehensive list of existing repositories can be found on the
Registry of Research Data Repositories website. Additionally, a software tool known as
Repository Finder can be used in order to identify repositories which comply with accepted best practices such as the
FAIR Data Principles.
