UT researchers can now deposit research datasets in Dryad, an open dataset publishing platform, at no cost through a new campus membership funded by the Office of Innovative Technologies (OIT) and managed by UT Libraries.

Dryad assigns your dataset a persistent DOI (digital object identifier), making it discoverable, citable, and compliant with funder and publisher data-sharing requirements. Submitting your datasets to Dryad streamlines the publication process and supports open, reproducible research.

Dryad is ideal for general-purpose datasets accompanying journal articles or grant-funded research and for data intended to be fully open and available. For sensitive or proprietary research data for which Dryad may not be a good fit, UT Libraries can help identify alternative repositories and solutions. 

For questions and additional information, please contact dataservices@utk.edu.

Additional UT Library Resources and Information

• Dryad publishing platform: Learn more about the new DRYAD publishing platform.
• UT Libraries, Department of Data and Digital Scholarship: For more data services, archiving and sharing your data with Dryad, and digital scholarship, visit the UT Libraries’ Department of Data and Digital Scholarship website.
• DRYAD.org: Learn more about DRYAD at dryad.org.
• TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange (TRACE) remains UT Knoxville’s Institutional Repository for items like articles and other text documents. TRACE is currently migrating a new platform but will be available again soon! If you have any questions about TRACE, please contact trace@utk.edu.