Federation.figshare

Federation.figshare is indexed by Google, and is searchable via figshare.com. Information on Federation University datasets will also be searchable on Research Data Australia  You can increase the discoverability of your research by ensuring that your keywords are relevant and specific to your topic, and that you have fully described your work by filling in as many of the fields as possible.

All published files on Federation.figshare are publicly accessible online and reusable by others under a Creative Commons or other licence.

Only you can view your private research files before you publish. They are not visible or accessible by anyone else. However, if you are part of a Federation.figshare project, you can elect to allow project team members to view and download your unpublished research files. This is a feature designed to encourage collaboration.

All users across Federation University will start with 5GB of storage. If you are approaching the maximum of your initially allocated space, you can request more storage.

Since users will have different storage requirements, the allocated storage will be variable. If you are approaching the maximum of your initially allocated space, you can request more storage via libinfo@federation.edu.au

GitHub is a widely used version control repository primarily for code. Linking your Federation.figshare and GitHub accounts allows you to make public the code associated with a research output, and make clear which version of the code you used.

• On the My data page, next to the ‘+Create a new item’ button is the Octocat GitHub icon. Clicking on the icon takes you to a page that will state you have no connected GitHub accounts.
• Click the ‘Connect’ button. You will be prompted to login to GitHub.
• Once logged in the next page asks you to click on the ‘Authorize application’ button which allows your Federation.figshare account to connect to your GitHub account. This will take you back to Federation.figshare and display your GitHub repositories.
• To import, select the repositories then click ‘Import selected repos.’ You will then have the option of adding further information or closing the item.

Federation.figshare offers two types of embargo.

1. You can apply the embargo to the files only meaning that the description will be publicly visible but the research files themselves will not be. You can also apply the embargo to the whole item meaning that both the description and the research files will not be publicly available until the embargo has expired.
2. You can embargo the research output either by a set period (1 month, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months or 2 years) or by using the calendar to select a specific date.

​Regardless of which method you choose, the published item will clearly state that an embargo currently applies, and provide the date the embargo ends.

By doing this you will be able to provide the publisher with a DOI for the data to be made available, without revealing any of your work until you are ready. You can always edit the embargo date as long as the item has not been published.

For more information on embargoes watch the video titled 'Embargos explained'.

When you login to Federation.figshare, for the first time, complete My Profile and link your ORCID. Login to ORCID and activate the DataCite link. This will allow your records for datasets and NTROs to be added automatically to your ORCID record.

Researchers need to reserve a DOI which goes in the publication. The researcher would also put the journal article’s DOI or URL in the References field in Federation.figshare. Upon publication of the item the DOI is activated meaning the article links to the data via figshare’s DOI, and the data links to the article by the article’s DOI or URL.  The screenshot below shows how a researcher would do this.

For a real life example Dr Matthew Hall from the School of Biological Sciences published to Monash University figshare. This is his record (https://doi.org/10.4225/03/582504e73c7a0). When you click in the References link at the bottom of the description you’ll be taken to his article in BMC Evolutionary Biology. From there when you click on the Monash University figshare link in the section called “Availability of data and materials” you’ll be taken back to the item showing the bidirectional link.