Depositing research data

Repository of Polish Platform of Medical Research  allows for long-term archiving of data deposited by employees and PhD students of WMU.

Repository of the Polish Platform of Medical Research – deposition guidelines

Research data files can be deposited in a repository in accordance with the following:

• No. 1931 – adoption of the Openness Policy of the Polish Medical Platform
• No. 177/XVI R/2023 – central system for recording and archiving the results of scientific, research and teaching activities
• Annex to the Regulations – Declaration of choice of license
• License templates 

Before the start of the research data deposition process do the following:

1. Read the guidelines.
2. Check your grant giver’s or publisher’s requirements.
3. Prepare a README file.
4. Prepare file(s) with research data in accordance with open access guidelines.

REMINDER:

Research data records that haven’t been sent to verification and further processing within 3 months from their creation, will be deleted from the repository.

What is a README file?

It’s a text file that provides documentation that allows for understanding and proper interpretation of research data.

Information that should be presented in README file:

1. Title
2. 2. Author(s)
   • Full name
   • Affiliation
   • Contact details
   • Other relevant information about the author(s)
3. Project description
   • Context of the research
   • Research goal
4. Research methodology
   • Time, place and method of data collection
5. 5Description of shared research data
   • Brief description
   • Key words
   • Whether the data was processed in any way
   • Ethical matters (if applicable to the shared research data)
6. Description of shared research data files
   • Research data language
   • Files format
   • Whether any specific software is required to use the files
   • Content of the files
   • License information