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Research Data Management and Sharing: Data Sharing

A guide for researchers on how to manage and share the data they generate.

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Sharing Your Data

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There are several considerations when planning to share data:

  • Copyright
  • Sensitive or confidential data 
  • Compliance with regulations
  • Compliance with IRBs

Sharing data has many benefits, including disseminating new research discoveries, supporting collaboration, bringing up citation rates and research impact, and showing researchers what data is already out there. Data can be shared in a variety of venues, including repositories, on a personal or laboratory website, or as part of a supplement to a journal article.

Source: University of Pittsburgh [Internet]. Pittsburgh PA: University of Pittsburgh; c2021. Research data management @ Pitt; 2021 April 29; [about 2 screens]. Available from: https://pitt.libguides.com/managedata

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