| URL: | https://figshare.com/ |
| Full Name: | Figshare |
| Short Name (or Acronym): | |
| Description: | figshare is a repository where users can make all of their research outputs available in a citable, shareable and discoverable manner |
| Accepted Content Types: | Full list of content/item types : https://help.figshare.com/article/item-types |
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| Contact: | [email protected] |
| Disciplinary Scope: | All scientific fields |
| Keywords: | Figshare, publishing, repository |
| Launch Date: | figshare.com was launched Jan-2012. Preprint repositories launched 2017 |
| OAI-PMH URL: | https://api.figshare.com/v2/oai |
| OpenDOAR ID: | |
| Platform: | Figshare (Digital Science) preprint framework |
| Platform Languages: | Support other languages, e.g. JStage - This feature is in discussion. See the Public Roadmap: https://eu-rm.roadmunk.com/publish/50c0cac4ff2d9b46f7c118eb347f7959ffc9f48a. Currently, certain parts of the interface (groups, custom metadata, and metadata entries) can be set up in a foreign language. For example, see South Federal University (Russia). Work on accessibilitu WCAG 2.1 in 2020/21 allows for multi-language support |
| Record Count: | Preprints only: 5400+ includes preprints posted to figshare.com, institutional repositories and preprint repositories Total for all content: 5 688 120 |
| Repository Type: | Multidisciplinary |
| Service Pricing: | None |
| Status: | Open |
| Terms of Use: | Yes |
| Last Update: | 7/9/21 |
| Accessibility of Conflict of Interest Procedures: | |
| Business Model: | Non Profit |
| Funding: | Internal funding |
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| Countries: | <a href="https://doapr.coar-repositories.org/countries/united-kingdom/">United Kingdom</a> |
| Owner Full Name: | Figshare LLP (Digital Science) |
| Owner Short Name: | |
| Owner URL: | http://figshare.com/ |
| Ownership Type: | Tech company |
| Scientific Technical Committees: | Yes : includes researchers. |
| User Committees: | Yes : Ambassadors program. For more information : https://knowledge.figshare.com/ambassadors |
| Access to Content: | Anyone may access full items free of charge | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Access to Metadata: | Anyone may access the metadata free of charge | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Account Creation: | Only needed for submission | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Backups: | Figshare will use the DuraSpace DuraCloud Vault deposit node to add content into Chronopolis to preserve the public corpus of multi-disciplinary data. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Functional Description: | Yes via FAQ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Interoperability: | Yes via API | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Metadata Formats: | Metadata can be exported in standard formats through a select list on the item page, via OAI-PMH ListSets, or through the API. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Metadata Languages: | English | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Metadata Properties: | Title, Identifier, Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), License type(s), Subject category, Full-text content, References | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Method for Reuse of Metadata: | Openly available via API | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Open Source: | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission for Re-use of Metadata: | None | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Persistence of Content: | Figshare will use the DuraSpace DuraCloud Vault deposit node to add content into Chronopolis to preserve the public corpus of multi-disciplinary data. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preservation Policy: | Figshare.com preservation policy https://help.figshare.com/article/preservation-and-continuity-of-access-policy | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Academic Applicant Only?: | Yes |
| Accepted Content Formats: | Word doc and PDF |
| Accepted Content Languages: | English |
| Accepted Content Level: | Research only |
| Accepted Supplementary Content: | Your paper may include all of your tables and figures, or you can choose to upload them as separate files. |
| Associated Editor: | No |
| Associated Journal: | No |
| Author PID: | ORCID |
| Availability of Associated Content: | Additional data and supplementary materials can also be uploaded alongside your paper. If you have your data stored in a publicly available online data repository (for example, Figshare Data Repository), you can include a link to the data set in the "References" field. |
| Journal Submission: | Unrestricted |
| Licensing: | Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND, CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA and CC-BY-NC-ND |
| Mechanisms to Report Concerns About Content: | Email administrator |
| Mechanisms to Report Concerns About Plagiarism: | Email administrator |
| Moderation: | |
| Peer Review Status Indication: | Yes |
| Persistent Identifier: | DOI |
| Remaining Indrawn Item: | It will be replaced with a public notice to provide a record of the removal |
| Text Embargo: | No, only if the publisher imposes an embargo period. Possible to apply an embargo when submitting items |
| Time from Submission to Posting: | Figshare.com can post on completion of submission. Preprint/Institutions depends on review time and can differ |
| Versioning Policy: | Accepts new version. All version are available for readers. |
| Who can Deposit?: | Anyone can post on the platform. Only an account is required ( The creation of the account is free). |
| Withdrawal Authorisation: | Platform |
| Withdrawal Policy: | Yes. |