The document discusses data sharing requirements for publishing in PLOS journals. PLOS requires authors to share all underlying data without restriction. Acceptable methods include depositing data in public repositories like Dryad or Figshare. The document also discusses other data repositories and journals, as well as obtaining identifiers like Data DOIs from services like Cite My Data. It provides an example of how the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment publishes data using their HIEv application and Figshare to obtain DOIs for datasets associated with journal publications.

1. Journal Data Requirements
UWS Library Webinar Oct 2014
Presented by Susan Robbins – Research Services Coordinator (Library)
Katrina Chaudhary – Science & Health Librarian
Gerry Devine – Data Manager HIE

2. Data Policy
o PLOS journals require authors to make all data underlying the
findings described in their manuscript fully available without
restriction, with rare exception.
o Authors are required to include a data availability statement
in all research articles published by PLOS journals
o Refusal to share data and related metadata and methods in
accordance with this policy will be grounds for rejection.
Adapted from: http://www.plos.org/data-access-for-the-open-access-literature-ploss-data-policy/

3. PLOS Acceptable data-sharing methods
• All data and meta data underlying reported findings
should be deposited in an appropriate public repository
• Repositories may be either subject-specific and accept
specific types of structured data, or generalist
repositories that accept multiple data types, such as
Dryad or Figshare
Adapted from: http://www.plos.org/data-access-for-the-open-access-literature-ploss-data-policy/

4. Public Data Repositories
DRYAD image from: http://datadryad.org/
figshare image from: http://figshare.com/

5. PLOS One article data via figshare

6. Data Journals
Image adapted from: http://www.nature.com/sdata/

7. Data Journal
Giga Science publishes 'big-data' studies from the
entire spectrum of life and biomedical sciences
Images & text adapted from; http://www.gigasciencejournal.com/about

8. Data discovery and attribution
Image from: http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/dci/

10. Obtaining a Data DOI @UWS
‘Cite My Data’ service
Figshare (smaller datasets)
Contact eresearch@uws.edu.au to obtain a
DOI for your dataset

11. http://researchdata.ands.org.au/growth-leaf-area-forest-experiment/11177

13. Publishing Data
Experiences at HIE
Gerard Devine, UWS

14. The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment:
• Investigates the impacts of Environmental change on terrestrial
ecosystems and ecosystem function.
• Specializing in Plant Biology, Forestry Science, Ecology and Soil
Science

15. Data sources:
• Large scale sensor networks continuously generating data
• Researcher-produced analysis data

16. HIEv:
Application that helps HIE manage its research data end-to-end from
initial collection at field-based automatic data collection points through
to dataset packaging, cataloging in UWS' research data
catalogue/RedBox and advertising on the Research Data Australia
website.

17. Handle IDs:
• For publishing routine data (that may be of use publicly)
DDaatata f ifliele 2 2
DDaatata f ifliele 3 3
DDaatata f ifliele 1 1
DDaatata f ifliele 3 3
DDaatata f ifliele 2 2
DDaatata f ifliele 1 1
Metadata
Record
Research Data
Research Data
Store
Store
Metadata RReeddBBooxx
Record
Research Data
Research Data
Australia
Australia
Back to redbox
catalogue entry
via handle URL

20. DOIs:
• The need to publish a dataset associated with a journal publication. This
needed a DOI as opposed to a handle
• Our HIEv -> Library system does not currently mint DOIs.
• Necessary to use a domain specific data repository or more communal
data/digital repository, e.g. Figshare, Dryad etc

21. FigShare:
• HIEv used to package data files together into a coherent dataset for publication
• Files uploaded to Scientist’s FigShare account.
• Some additional metadata given on the Figshare upload page
• Datasets can be temporarily held in a ‘private’ state (for journal submission
stage etc)
• Once published Dataset is minted with a DOI and made fully public (under the
CC-BY license)
• The figshare page itself acts as the landing page/destination of the DOI

23. Further Information