Why use Dryad?

• Dryad can help make your data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) as encouraged by funders and journals
• Publish and get a DOI for your dataset
• Publish associated code, scripts, and software packages that will be sent directly to the Zenodo repository, with the ability to select the proper license
• Track usage and downloads of your datasets
• Dryad supports most data file types across disciplines
• Have the ability to deposit data and associated code, scripts, and software packages private during the peer review period

• Flexible about data format, while encouraging the use and further development of research community standards.
• Fits into the manuscript submission workflow of its partner journals, making data submission easy.
• Assigns Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to data so that researchers can gain professional credit through data citation.
• Promotes data visibility through usage and download metrics and by allowing content to be indexed, searched and retrieved.
• Promotes data quality by employing professional curators to ensure the validity of the files and descriptive information.
• Contents are free to download and re-use under a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license.
• Contents are preserved for the long term to guarantee access to contents indefinitely.
• Open source, standards-compliant technology.

Other features of Dryad include:

• Datasets published as stand-alone deposits or as part of a journal article submission
• Dataset versioning
• Curation procedures to ensure data is accessible, usable, and appropriate for sharing under CC0 license
• 300 GB max per data deposit
• Standardized views, downloads, and citation metrics
• Permanent archiving of datasets in the University of California’s CoreTrustSeal-certified Merritt repository