A guide to publishing your data.
Find out how to make changes to your data. Please note that only private data can be deleted.
Things to consider when uploading your outputs to Figshare.
Guidance on how to write a Data Management Plan for your project or grant proposal and how to include Figshare in your data sharing plans.
In October 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released their Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing to be effective beginning January 2023. Here we provide highlights of the policy from our perspective at Figshare as a trusted generalist data repository along with guidance on how to incorporate Figshare into your NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans.
This article outlines the usage metrics measured and displayed on item pages in Figshare: views, downloads, citations, and Altmetrics.
Figshare accepts all file types but these files are available for viewing in the browser.
There is a home for every dataset
A description of how Figshare meets the ‘Desirable Characteristics for Data Repositories” outlined in the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Selecting a Repository for Data Resulting from NIH-Supported Research.
Learn how to do more with your private and public data on Figshare.
Common words you will find using Figshare
Default account limits
When creating an item on Figshare, it’s possible to edit the publication timeline - or history - that appears on the public record of your item.
Learn how to carry out a basic and advanced search in Figshare.
A guide to licensing your data, for institutional users only.
There are many ways to upload your data and/or metadata.