Upload data to the Research Collection

Reserve a DOI

If you would like to reserve a DOI before uploading your data follow the instructions on Reserving a DOI.

Import research data from open BIS

If you use openBIS to manage your research data, you can export data directly from openBIS to the Research Collection for publication. For more information, please refer to the openBIS documentation.

Restrict access to your research data

The Research Collection offers different access rights for research data items: Open Access, Closed Access, Embargoed Access, ETHZ Users only, Selected Users only and Closed access. For more information check our page Access rights.

How to manage access requests for data with restricted access rights once you have left the ETH Zurich

• The ETH Library forwards access request to the rights holder of a dataset - even if he/she is no longer affiliated with ETH Zurich - under the condition that the rights holder has an up-to-date ORCID record and his/her ORCID iD has been assigned to the corresponding author record in the Research Collection.
• According to the Guidelines for Research Data Management at ETH Zurich, Research Group Leaders are responsible for "taking decisions about access rights for unpublished data as well as for group members leaving ETH Zurich". ETH Library therefore forwards access request to datasets where the rights holder does not have an up-to-date ORCID record and/or does respond to requests to their former Research Group Leader.
• In addition, you might want to consider assigning the task of a “data steward” to someone in your group. This person can approve access requests for data (even if the data producer has already left the group) and edit data that has not yet been published. If you would like to determine a data steward for your group, please contact research-collection@library.ethz.ch.

What happens after your upload?

• After you finish your submission your item is still in a review state: Metadata is visible but files are not accessible
• Within a few work days the data is reviewed by our team.
  • We check and supplement the entries metadata
  • We identify and add the used formats to the metadata.
  • We inform users of issues with long term preservation (depending on the selected retention period)
  • We perform a cursory check for obvious legal issues (copyrighted material, software licenses) → Please note, however, that the responsibility for compliance with the terms of use and legal requirements lies with the submitting person.
  • There is no content review
  • After the review you will be informed of the finalisation of your item
  • The DOI will be registered overnight