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Dryad (datadryad.org) accepts research data in any file format from any field, whether or not it is tied to a published article. You log in with your ORCiD, upload your files, and receive a citable DOI after Dryad's curators review the submission. The process has four steps — login, submit, review, cite — and the review step is the one most likely to slow you down, because a curator may contact you with questions or advice before your data are released.
The four steps
1. Login
Use your ORCiD to sign in. If your institution is a Dryad partner, you can instead connect to your existing credentials. Partner institutions, publishers, and academic societies sponsor data curation, publishing, and preservation for their researchers, so it is worth checking whether your institution appears among them before you start — it can affect how your submission is handled.
2. Submit
Upload your data files and receive a citable DOI. Two things matter here:
- Any format, any field. Dryad does not restrict you to particular file types or disciplines, and you can share all of the data from a project in one place.
- No article required. You can submit whether or not your data are related to an article.
3. Review
Dryad's curators check your submission to ensure the data are usable. They may contact you with advice or questions. This is quality control and assistance rather than a pass/fail gate — expect the possibility of a back-and-forth before release, and plan for it if you are working against a deadline.
4. Cite
Once released, cite and promote your data publication. The DOI issued at submission is what makes the dataset citable.
Why researchers use it
| Reason | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Any field, any format | No discipline or file-type restrictions; a whole project's data can live in one place |
| Quality control and assistance | Curators check files before release and help you follow best practices |
| Straightforward compliance | Meets publisher and funder requirements for preservation and availability with minimal effort |
| Publisher integrations | Dryad works directly with publishers including Wiley, The Royal Society, and PLOS to streamline submission |
| Community-led | Dryad is a nonprofit membership organization committed to making data available for research and educational reuse |
What to know before you start
- There are costs. Dryad refers to "Modest Data Publishing Charges" that help ensure its sustainability. The site does not state amounts on the pages reviewed here, so check current charges for your situation rather than assuming a submission is free.
- Institutional partnership may change your path. If your institution is a Dryad partner, log in through your existing credentials rather than a standalone ORCiD account.
- Budget time for curation. The review step is where submissions stall. Responding promptly to curator questions is the main thing you control.
If your goal is simply to satisfy a publisher's or funder's data availability requirement, the publisher integrations and compliance framing are the relevant features. If your goal is to make a dataset independently citable and preserved, the DOI and curation review are the parts that matter most.