Research Data > 2. Find a repository

If possible, it is recommended that you host your data in more than one repository. To start:

1. Check whether your granting agency suggests or imposes certain repositories;
2. Check if the journal that published the article based on the data recommends some repositories;
3. Look into disciplinary repositories;
4. If there's no disciplinary repository, consider the multidisciplinary ones;
5. Do not forget to find out whether Polytechnique or the commercial partner participating in the research have any specific requirements regarding your data (licenses);
6. Consult the table above and choose at least one repository that provides the functionalities you need.

Decide on the repository as soon as possible, ideally before starting data collection.

• Springer Nature
• PLOS
• The Royal Society
• Taylor & Francis
• Elsevier

Here is a list of some recognized repositories in their respective fields: 

Energy

• Open Energy Information (OpenEI)
  • "Single source data on buildings, energy, efficiency, consumption, demand, potential, and more."
• Renewable Resource Data Center (RReDC) (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
  • "Biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind resource data for locations throughout the United States."

Materials

• Materials Data Facility (MDF)
  • "The production-ready data publication service offers a scalable repository where materials scientists can publish, preserve, and share research data."

Computer Engineering

• GitHub
  • "We’re supporting a community where more than 40 million people learn, share, and work together to build software."
• Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA)
  • "Data on the structure, dynamics, and usage patterns of operational Internet infrastructure, for parametrization and validation of scientific modeling and analysis efforts."
• RunMyCode
  • "Enables scientists to openly share the code and data that underlie their research publications."
• Bitbucket
• SourceForge
  • "Find, create, and publish open source software for free."
• LaunchPad
  • "Helps people to work together by making it easy to share code, bug reports, translations, and ideas."
• Other repositories

Earth and Environmental Sciences

• Pangaea
  • "Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science"
• Other repositories
  • @ Nature
  • @ PLOS One

Health Sciences

• @ Nature

Biomedical Sciences

• @ PLOS One

Life Sciences and Biomedical Sciences - Big data

• GigaDB
  • "Repository to host data and tools associated with articles in GigaScience."

Chemistry and Biochemistry

• @ Nature
• @ PLOS One

Physics, astrophysics, and astronomy

• @ Nature