Good practice in research data management

The CSUC has prepared two documents about good practices in research data management: a guide about how to cite research data and a guide about organizing, naming and versioning files.
We can consider that data are open when we can access them for free and we can reuse them for other researches.
Open Access Data into H2020 program
The European program for funding research Horizon 2020 establishes that, from 2017 January 1st on, every research group and centre beneficiary of a H2020 grant must create a Data Management Plan according to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). Beneficiaries of H2020 grants must publish their research data openly, by default.
Data Management Plan
Data Management Plan or DMP is a document that describes which data are been collected or produced along a project’s lifetime and explain the strategies used to manage them during the project execution and after its end.
Program H2020 requires the persons in charge of the projects to do a Data Management Plan. The first version of this plan must be delivered into the first six months of the project.
The Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC), has developed a tool, called Pla de Gestió de Dades de Recerca, to create these plans. Access to the tool, to an infographic
and tutorial about it. You can too publish it into the DDD.
The CSUC research working group has developed a guide "Guide to develop a data management plan for doctoral students" [in catalan]
DDD: a repository for open access research data
The UAB Open Access Policy for research data ( approved, on March 11, by the UAB Governing Council) and the Open Publication of research data from UAB research projects [in catalan] (prepared by the Library Service, Computing Service and Research Management Area. May 2020) have foreseen that the final data of projects financed with public funds will be deposited in the UAB Digital Documents Dipòsit (DDD). UAB members with an ORCID it can deposit for free research datasets until 25GB in any format and with a CC0 license, preferably. Check all the conditions in this document, which compares multidisciplinary repositories for open data. Contact ddd.bib@uab.cat for special cases.
For a complete list of repositories in the world, enter in re3data.org
You can consult the CSUC recommendations to choose a research data repository (document in catalan).
More information
- Frequently Asked Questions on data into the Blog Intellectual Property and Open Acces
- REBIUN's Infographics: Research data and Open Access
- Recommendations on managing research data addressed to Maredata researchers
The CSUC has prepared two documents about good practices in research data management: a guide about how to cite research data and a guide about organizing, naming and versioning files.
10% discount to publish in any of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). More information
The CSUC has developed a tool to help you create your own Data Management Plan. You can acces to the tool, to an infographics and a tutorial about it.
Multidisciplinary Repositories for Open Access Data: comparative table
Making Open Access easily understood:
ddd.uab.cat/record/141309
Get the handout about the advantages of depositing your scientific output in the institutional repository (DDD)