What is the advantage of archiving my research data through GFBio?

Short Answer

Archiving research data through GFBio gives you a wide set of advantages.

Detailed Answer

GFBio offers a set of services that provide direct benefit to you:

• GFBio is provides a single drop-off point with individual support for complex datasets
• your Your data will be curated and archived in one of nine highor more of the suitable GFBio-associated high-standard data centers with expertise in archiving and curating data within various fields (biodiversity data, collection data, ecological data, molecular data, environmental data)
• During the archival process, data is enriched with (standardized) metadata by the experts of the respective data center
• Long-term preservation of your data is guaranteed
• By receiving Upon publication, your data receive a persistent identifier (e.g. DOI) or an accession number (molecular data) your data , so that they become fully citable comparable to any paper publication
• Heterogeneous datasets archived and published in different data centers are cross-linked via their persistent identifiers
• You have the possibility to archive also data that are not connected to any prior research publicationThis means that your

GFBio strives to meet the FAIR data principles and helps to ensure that your data become findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. 

See also:

• FAQ: What are research data?
• FAQ: Why do I need research data management? 
• FAQ: Besides your molecular data, have you collected data about any environmental parameter measurements (e.g. temperature, nutrients, etc.)?
• FAQ: Are the GFBio services open for use to any scientists? Are there any requirements? (FAIR data principles)