This guide helps researchers learn about data management, why it is important, and what tools and resources are available to help researchers do it well.
Visibility: It will help enhance the visibility of your research.
Replication and Accountability: It will allow for more efficient research and promote scientific replication while showing the relevance of your research and preventing duplication of work.
It’s Required: Many funding agencies, grants, and journals now require data sharing.
Scientific Advancement: Sharing and re-use of your data can help advance science
Community Development: It will promote collaboration and cooperation within the scientific community
Open Access: It helps support open access principles
Time Savings: Putting your research in a repository allows you avoid responding to data requests and will give you more time to focus on your research.
Preservation: It can preserve your data, which will protect your investment of time and resources for the long-term.