NIH Scientific Data Sharing Policy: Data Repositories

NIH guidance on selecting a data repository. Lists 12 desirable characteristics for any data repository, and 7 further considerations for repositories storing human data.

Guide from the NIH on how to evaluate and select appropriate data repositories.

Guidance from the National Science and Technology Council, expands on the characteristics listed in the NIH policy.

List of recommended scientific data repositories from the NIH.

A tool for researchers to help select the best general repository for their data or other digital objects. This comparison chart developed as an outcome of the NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse

Repositories recommended by the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

List provided by the NIH of generalist repositories for when an appropriate subject-specific repository is not available.

A list of data repositories that are recommended by the following sources: NIDDK domain experts, Nature Scientific Data, PLOS One, NLM NIH Data Sharing Repositories, Science.

Re3data is a global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines. It includes repositories that enable permanent storage of and access to data sets to researchers, funding bodies, publishers, and scholarly institutions.