Data Management

This page contains links to repositories accepting data. It is important to note that this list is not comprehensive; if you are trying to deposit data and cannot find what you need among the resources here, the library can help you locate a suitable repository.

Use our Repository Quick Guide to navigate different directories of specialized repositories, such as re3data, as well as repositories accepting a broad range of data from all academic disciplines.

• INDIGO is UIC's Institutional Repository. It is hosted by Figshare. 
• Datasets no larger than 5GB my be uploaded to INDIGO.  Metadata only records can also be be created for data that cannot be shared publicly due to privacy issues.    
• For more information on depositing data in INDGIO see https://researchguides.uic.edu/indigo/data.  
• Please note that other repositories listed below may be more appropriate for your data

• A registry of data repositories; all disciplines and all types of data. Researchers can search for keywords, or browse by subject, data type, or country.  

​Open Access Directory  

• A community-maintained and -curated list of data repositories in all disciplines.  

• A repository for all disciplines. No restrictions on who may deposit. A unique DOI is given for each dataset 
• Available Creative Commons licenses: CC0, CC BY 4.0
• Formats Accepted: Over 50 formats accepted
• Curation: Curation only through Figshare Plus
• Fees: free up to 20 GB; $875 per 250 GB for general use
• Access: Access level set by researcher

• A repository for all disciplines.  Researchers create their own “dataverses” within the principle repository to store and share data.  No restrictions on who may deposit.
• Formats Accepted: Any format
• Curation: No curation, but changes to published data are tracked
• Fees: No Fees
• Access: Access level set by researcher

• A multi-disciplinary platform for research data. A permanent DOI and temporary URL for peer review purposes are provided. 
• Formats Accepted: All file types in non-proprietary formats; under 10GB each recommended
• Curation: Fully curation
• Fees: $150 USD, overage fees may apply if data package exceeds 300GB. 
• Access: Public

• A large repository for all types of social science data. UIC is a member of ICPSR. See the guidelines on how to deposit data.
• Formats Accepted: Tab-delimited (includes CSV, Excel, SPSS, and others); Format catalog is required for SAS
• Curation: Full curation process; during the curation process, all data receive a disclosure risk review. 
• Fees: If the depositor does not pay for curation, data will be available to ICPSR members only.
• Access: Access level is set by the researcher

• A subsidiary repository of ICPSR.  Makes datasets available rapidly (without curation) and is recommended for researchers asked to provide replication datasets as part of journal publication.
• Formats Accepted: Tab-delimited (includes CSV, Excel, SPSS, and others); Format catalog is required for SAS
• Curation: None
• Fees: Free to members, $825 USD for non-members
• Access: Public

• A repository created by CERN to house “the long tail” of science data: data that may not otherwise find a suitable sharing venue, but all fields of science accepted. No restrictions on who may deposit.
• Formats Accepted: Any format 
• Curation: No curation
• Fees: Free up to 50GB; higher quotas can be requested and are available.
• Access: Researchers must specify a license for all publicly available files; licenses for closed access files may be specified in the description field.

• Open-source repository for computer code, for any purpose and any field.  No restriction on who may deposit, but is designed for developers and programmers. 
• Formats Accepted: Any format
• Curation: No curation
• Fees: Free for public repository; closed repositories 
• $0.008 USD per GB of storage per day and $0.50 USD per GB of data transfer
• Access: Public and closed

• Network of databases and repositories for biomedical and genomic data from the National Library of Medicine. 
• Formats Accepted: Specialized formats for each type of data
• Curation: Reviewed by curators
• Fees: No fees