From November 1st, 2024, researchers at Thuringian universities have access to a new service for the publication and long-term storage of their research data. The Repository for Research Data Thuringia (REFODAT for short) is a generic publication platform for data from all disciplines, especially for those for which no suitable discipline-specific repository is available. The storage or publication of research data is free of charge for all researchers at Thuringian universities.
Data sets can be submitted at any time via the refodat.de website. An editorial team supports the submission process and ensures, among other things, that data complies with the FAIR principles as far as possible. In addition, the repository provides interfaces that make it possible to transfer collected and possibly curated data sets from other systems (e.g. work platforms) that cannot guarantee permanent availability. The assignment of a DOI, the linking of data authors and datasets with additional identifiers and resources (including ORCID, ROR, GND) as well as export and citation formats (such as JSON-LD or BibTeX) are supported. Data sets from researchers at Thuringian universities that have already been published in other discipline-specific repositories can be registered in the repository and the metadata transferred.
The service was developed by the Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management (TKFDM), the Thuringian Library Service Centre (BSC) and the IT Centre of the Thuringian Universities (HS-ITZ) and funded as part of the strategy for digitization in the higher education sector (2021-2025). Sustainable operation is ensured by the participating organizations.
An initial overview of how the repository works will be given on December 10th, 2024 as part of a 30-minute coffee lecture (online). Further information on this event can be found on the website of the Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management (TKFDM).
Further information on Refodat can be found on the website of the Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management (TKFDM) or on the library's homepage.
If you have any questions, please contact the Research Data Management Department of the University Library: fdm.ub@tu-ilmenau.de.