Preserving and sharing

CORA Research Data Repository (RDR) is a federated and multidisciplinary data repository that allows Catalan universities and CERCA centres to publish research data sets in a FAIR mode.

CORA. Research Data Repository follows the guidelines of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

• For the submission of datasets to CORA.RDR, read carefully all the information of this checklist with instructions and best practices to prepare and deposit the research data (recommended formats, adhering to rights and licenses, and citing the data appropriately).

• The first time that you want to deposit research data, you can contact to your reference library through Pregunt@ so they can advise you about the publication process of your dataset.

• For each dataset, we recommend that you do not exceed 100 Gb in size or 10 Gb per file. If your dataset occupies more space, please contact your reference library.

• In addition to the dataset, you must provide a README file that includes information for the correct interpretation and reuse of the data.

• If your dataset contains personal data o special categories of data, these data must be anonymized before the deposit. There are several resources for data anonymization.

The metadata of research data located in CORA. Research Data Repository (RDR) can be found in DataCite Search, OpenAIRE, Mendeley Data, and Google Dataset Search.

• Strengthens open science by making data freely available
• Increases the visibility and impact of research
• Allows for data sets to be identified with DOIs, enabling citation and metrics
• Facilitates verification and reproducibility of results, ensuring transparency of research
• Promotes innovation through data sharing and reuse
• Avoids duplication in obtaining and collecting data, optimizing time, cost, and effort