research data
Why restrict access to research data?
There are many reasons that open access to research data might be inappropriate e.g. political sensitivities, health and safety risks or agreements with commercial funders. The 'open' publication of anonymised data should be ruled out ...
It’s Love Data Week next week!: 13-17 February
It's that time of year when we celebrate ICPSR’s International Love Data Week. This year the theme is "Data: Agent of Change”. We'll once again be celebrating with a series of tweets on topics related ...
CORD datasets are now available in Library Search
Including research data in your research process can bring many benefits; these include greater visibility for data creators, a more transparent research process, and opportunities to identify potential collaborators. With the inclusion of CORD data ...
What is a data journal and why might I publish in one?
Data journals are publications whose primary purpose is to expose datasets. They enable the author to focus on the data itself, rather than producing an extensive analysis of the data which occurs in the traditional ...
New option to restrict access to files published in CORD
It's now possible to restrict access to files you deposit in CORD, our system for publishing our research data. This replaces the previous option to mark restricted files as 'Confidential'. You should not use this ...
Research data – what to keep?
Deciding what research data to keep, and why, has become a more significant focus in recent years as the volume and diversity of data outputs have grown. The What to Keep study was commissioned by ...