Dryad is a non-profit, community-governed data repository for publishing research data to comply with funder and publisher requirements. Submissions are self-deposited and vetted by Dryad curators.
All Dryad users log in to the platform with an Open Researcher Contributor ID (ORCiD). To log in to Dryad:
How to Request Service
Dryad is a service provided by Northwestern University Libraries. Starting January 1, 2026, researchers can request individual publication funding support by emailing Dieyun Song, Research Data Management Librarian, at dieyun.song@northwestern.edu.
Features and Benefits
- Publicly share research data, code and other research materials in one submission process.
- Privately share data, code and supplemental materials with reviewers during manuscript review.
- Ensure data and metadata integrity using Dryad’s curation service.
- Make your data easily citable and accessible using a Digital Object Identifier (DOI).
- Increase findability of your data with indexing in Google Dataset Search and other search engines.
- Guarantee access to your data indefinitely with Dryad’s preservation policy.
Restrictions
- All data will be published under a CC-0 license to facilitate reuse. If your submission also contains code and other supplementary material, these files can be uploaded via Dryad and published in Zenodo.
- Dryad does not accept data containing personally identifiable human subject information. All human subjects data must be properly anonymized before submission.
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Dryad Submission Costs
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