OpenICPSR

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A service of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), openICPSR is a self-publishing repository for social, behavioral, and health sciences research data. openICPSR is particularly well-suited for the deposit of replication data sets for researchers who need to publish their raw data associated with a journal article so that other researchers can replicate their findings. (Source: OpenICPSR website)

General information


Type of service:
Service homepage: https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/
Provider: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Provider homepage: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/
Provides end-user support: unsupported

Administrative information

Data curation strategy: ICPSR does not improve or alter datasets deposited in openICPSR in any way. Data are preserved as-is and distributed in the same condition and format submitted by the depositor.
Metrics: Views, downloads and publications
Funding source: University of Michigan
Intellectual property: Depositors select from a variety of licenses to distribute their data, including Creative Commons licenses and a Public Domain Mark. More information in the FAQ: Investigators are also required to affirm that they have the right to publish this material. ICPSR requires a license for the distribution of data, but copyright remains with the author.
User agreement: The depositor agrees to the following terms when depositing data in openICPSR: I, hereby, irrevocably authorize the Regents of the University of Michigan (the "University"), on behalf of ICPSR, a non-exclusive licence, in perpetuity, to use the deposited data for the following purposes, without limitation: To disseminate copies of the Data Collection in a variety of media formats To promote and advertise the Data Collection in any publicity (in any form) for ICPSR To describe, catalog, validate and document the Data Collection To store, translate, copy or re-format the Data Collection in any way to ensure its future security, preservation, and accessibility To incorporate metadata or documentation in the Data Collection into public access catalogs To enhance, transform, rearrange, or restrict data and metadata to protect respondent confidentiality or improve usability. I, hereby, authorize the University to authorize others to make uses consistent with these terms. I warrant that I have the right to agree to these terms and that I accept full responsibility for the authorizations I am agreeing to herein. I have prepared this data collection for archiving and distribution in a manner consistent with the consent of the study participants and the relevant Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, if applicable. I assert that all research subjects (living persons or active organizations) whose information is represented in this Data Collection have consented to sharing these data in an appropriate manner and/or I have institutional approval to share these data (e.g., waiver of consent from your IRB).
Contact: https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/contactUs

Target group

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Costs

Costs: No costs

Classification of the service

Confidentiality classifications for data: ,

Additional information

Additional information: https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/faqs

Formats

Accepted metadata formats: Dublin Core; DDI
Accepted file formats: All formats
Supported data type(s): , ,

Storage

Maximum size of data: Up to 30GB in storage space, up to 1,000 files and folders per deposit
Version management: unsupported
Quality control: unsupported

Access

Access requirements:
Tools/Interfaces for access: Web-interface
Supported type(s) of persistent identifiers:

Preservation

Long term guarantees: