SIU Open Access Policy: Publishing Research Data in Dryad

•    Compliance with funder mandates – Dryad’s combination of services meets funder data sharing mandates.
•    Track the reach of your data – Dryad provides metrics that measure the number of times an individual data publication has been viewed, cited, and downloaded.
•    Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) - Dryad assigns a DOI to your data.
•    Seamlessly connect software and data –when researchers submit to Dryad, they have the option to upload code, scripts, and software packages which will be automatically sent to Zenodo.
•    First-rate data quality – a professional curator reviews all data submitted to Dryad for data and metadata integrity.
•    Maximized data discovery –Dryad’s data publications are citable, shareable, and discoverable through major indexing services like Google Dataset Search and more.
•    Complete journal integration – Dryad leads the way in data publishing through partnerships with major publishers and journals to make manuscript submission easy.
•    Robust infrastructure and preservation services – all data published in Dryad are safely preserved in a Core Trust Seal-certified repository.

Dryad makes it easy for researchers to upload and share their data.

1. Log in with your ORCID iD

Don’t have one? You can create one straight from the Dryad login page. 

2. Link your account to Southern Illinois University Carbondale (one time set up) to enjoy member benefits

• Dryad may prompt you to link your account to Southern Illinois University Carbondale, follow the on screen instructions to link your individual account to Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 
• If you are not prompted to link your account, follow either of these two options. (Note that performing this step using Chrome browser eliminates error messages encountered in other browsers.)
  • Go to Dryad's My Account (top right) and edit your Member Affiliation. Search for Southern Illinois University Carbondale and if prompted, authenticate with your Network ID and password.
  • Open a second browser and log into Dryad using the "Sign in through your institution" button and link your ORCID account to Southern Illinois University. Once logged in, you will see the SIUC logo and can start submitting your data.

3. Upload data and documentation files

• Dryad accepts many different types of data. For guidelines about preparing your data for submission to Dryad, see their Submission and Publication Process and Good Data Practices.
• All data deposited with Dryad must be in its final state, and open to the public.
• If submitting human subjects data, make sure your data is properly de-identified and follows both legal and ethical guidelines.
• All data must be compatible with the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. Find out more about Creative Commons licenses here.

       You should not use Dryad if:

• Your data is too sensitive to share publicly.
• You cannot agree to the CC0 license for the datasets (and/or you cannot agree to the software licenses available to you from Zenodo, if publishing associated code, scripts, or software packages).
• Your dataset publication is larger than 300GB (for datasets larger than 300GB, contact help@datadryad.org).
• If you need to share articles or other textual documents, use OpenSIUC, our institutional repository.

4. Data Curation and Privacy
Dryad curates and then publishes your data. Select the Private for Peer Review check box if you want to suspend data publication until after the peer review process is complete. In all cases, Dryad staff members ensure your data is curated. If they have questions, they will be in touch.

5. Data Publication
Dryad notifies you once your data is published and provides you with a permanent DOI (digital object identifier) you can use to cite your data. You can update and re-version your data set at any time.

More questions? See Dryad's Submission Walkthough or Frequently Asked Questions pages or contact aimre@siu.edu.