Repository details

figshare

Name of repository
figshare
Repository URL
https://figshare.com/
Subject(s)
Description
figshare allows researchers to publish all of their research outputs in an easily citable, sharable and discoverable manner. All file formats can be published, including videos and datasets. Optional peer review process. figshare uses creative commons licensing. figshare+ repository allows figshare users to share larger datasets, over 20GB up to many TBs, see: https://plus.figshare.com/
Contact(s)
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository type(s)
  • other
Mission statement for designated community
https://info.figshare.com/about/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Institutions (1)

Institution
Digital Science
Institution
Country
International
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
commercial
Start date of responsibility
2011

Policies (3)

Policy Name
Privacy Policy
Policy Name
Using figshare
Policy Name
COPE principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database License
CC

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
embargoed

Data licenses (6)

DataLicense
other
DataLicense
CC0
DataLicense
Apache License 2.0
DataLicense
CC
DataLicense
other
DataLicense
BSD

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration
  • feeRequired

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Terms and conditions
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • other
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://help.figshare.com/article/how-to-share-cite-or-embed-your-data
Author identifier system(s)
  • ORCID
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
OAI-PMH
Url
https://api.figshare.com/v2/oai

Metadata standards (2)

Metadata standard
DataCite Metadata Schema
Metadata standard
Dublin Core

Remarks

Remarks
is covered by Elsevier. figshare is covered by Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index. figshare is partner of the Reproducibility Initiative. figshare uses Altmetric metrics.
Entry date
2012-08-22
Last update
2025-01-08
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re3data.org: figshare; editing status 2025-01-08; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3PK5R last accessed: 2025-04-25