The Microbiology Society has announced that authors submitting to all of the Society’s journals are now able to deposit their supporting data in the repository figshare.
Previously, only authors submitting to the mandatory open data journal, Microbial Genomics, could use the Society’s figshare portal, but in a continued commitment to open data, this has now been made available to authors in all journals, to support them in making their research as open as possible. The Microbiology Society supports open data and the FAIR principles, and encourages all authors to deposit the data underlying their research, where possible.
Authors choosing to use figshare will have a link to their data included in the manuscript during peer review and if the article is accepted, the supporting data will be published with its own citable DOI and will be viewable from the article on the website. The data will also be hosted on the journal’s figshare portal with a link to the article, allowing for greater discovery and reuse of work. Authors wishing to use the Society figshare portal are encouraged to contact the Editorial Office.
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