Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), isolated from a patient sample.
3 Easy Steps to Share COVID-19 Research Data
- Identify a specialized or general repository
- Deposit dataset(s), including processed data irrespective of its association with a publication
- Add metadata––makes your research outputs richer, connected and reusable
Metadata is additional labeling of your data
Metadata makes research data “discoverable” and links data to publications and funding information. For more on metadata: http://www.metadata2020.org
Example Metadata Fields
Authors(s), Citation, Dataset Name, Date Modified, Date Published, Description, Experimental Host, Funder Number, Grant Number, Measurement, Pathogen, Publisher, Source Code, Technique, Variable(s) Measured
For data of a specific type or specific discipline
Use NIH-supported domain-specific repositories listed below.
For a full list see the National Library of Medicine Open Domain-Specific Data Sharing Repositories
Domain-specific Repository Examples*
For data of any type, format, content or subject matter
Use generalist repositories listed below.
For a full list see the National Library of Medicine Generalist Repositories.
Generalist Repository Examples*
Note: NIAID does not endorse a specific repository and the examples above, which are not exhaustive, are provided as a guide for locating repositories
NIH encourages use of open access data sharing repositories.
For the NIAID data sharing guidelines: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/data-sharing-guidelines
Contact NIAID Office of Data Sharing and Emerging Technologies: niaidodset@nih.gov
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