Figshare, an online digital repository for academic researchers, has announced the next-generation of its data management platform targeted at researchers – ranging from individuals to teams in all-sized organisations – as well as funders and publishers. Already the de facto standard for many users' research data planning and management, Figshare is introducing significant new capabilities designed to meet the challenges in collecting and sharing data.
In the past, researchers put together their own systems and methods to try to address these problems, each taking a different appro ach and resulting in few economies of scale or consistent best practices. This approach is no longer feasible.
Now, many researchers are being told by their institutions, publishers and/or funders they must have a data management plan and must make their data openly available in order to comply with changes in publisher's policy or with funders' mandates. Additionally, interdisciplinary research is occurring more often as scientists take on more diverse and complicated research.
Enabling users to continue to standardize on Figshare as "best practice" for managing day-to-day storage and backup systems, the latest enhancements include key new capabilities in the areas of control, discoverability and usability.
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