Deposit data
With AUSSDA, you can store and publish research data free of charge, securely and for the long term. We comply with international standards to ensure that data is findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. Our archive is the AUSSDA Dataverse. If you would like to archive your data, please contact us!
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Contact
Are you a social scientist and want to archive research data? We’d be happy to help you with the preparations. Please write to us at info(at)aussda.at or call us at +43-1-4277-15323.
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Prepare
You provide us with your dataset together with a description of your data and methods, as well as any additional materials. You can find comprehensive information on this in our Data Deposit Guideline. Are your data not yet ready for archiving and sharing? We are happy to help you prepare them!
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Share
Together with our staff, you will find an archiving and licensing solution so your data will be easily findable in the AUSSDA-Dataverse and reusable.
Self-Deposit
You want to archive your data independently? You have a large amount of data sets or want to publish data quickly? Find out more about our Self-Deposit Service here!
Self-Deposit in the AUSSDA Dataverse...
- enables you to make a DOI reservation within minutes,
- allows you to rapidly self-deposit and publish research data and documentation,
- increases the chances for receiving visibility, academic credit and increased citation counts,
- allows you to adhere to the FAIR principles and make your data part of the European Open Science Cloud,
- enables users to access your research data under licences for scientific use.
Who can become an accredited Self-Depositor? You...
- are affiliated to one of our partner universities (University of Vienna, University of Graz, University of Linz, University of Innsbruck, University of Salzburg, University of Krems, WU Vienna or OeAW),
- have quantitative data from the social sciences,
- have experience in empirical research and social science research data management,
- have completed basic data protection training.
If the criteria apply to you, contact us. Then you can...
- sign the Self-Deposit Agreement with AUSSDA,
- prepare your data and documentation (pseudonymise your data and check file formats and names, guided by the Self-Deposit Manual),
- get the AUSSDA training session on Pseudonymisation and Dataverse,
- upload and publish your datasets to Dataverse, guided by the Self-Deposit Manual.
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Metadata
For archiving data we need additional information
Metadata make your data findable in the AUSSDA Dataverse. More information and examples for each metadata field can be found in the AUSSDA Metadata Guide.
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Make your Data FAIR!
If you want to know how to ideally prepare your research data for archiving and publication, check the CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide. This guide is designed by European experts to help social science researchers make their research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR).