Illinois Data Bank

The
Illinois Data Bank
is a public access repository for publishing research data from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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You are ready to deposit data if:

your data is in a final state and not expected to undergo revisions.
you have removed any private, confidential, or other legally protected information from your data.
you are a faculty member, staff member, or graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
you have permission to publicly distribute data from all creator(s) and/or copyright owner(s).

Published data:

is open to anyone in the world.
receives a stable identifier (DOI) for easy reference and citation.
is readily available for anyone to access for a minimum of 5 years.
is located in a stable environment that complies with many funder and publisher requirements.

Researcher Spotlight

Ryan Larsen Ryan is a Research Scientist in the Department of Psychology. He has used MRI in a variety of experiments relating brain measurements to cognitive performance, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and nutrition status. Ryan also develops new methods for the collection and analysis of MRI data.

What do you see as the primary benefit to you of archiving your data in a repository?

Depositing my data demonstrates my commitment to performing reproducible research. MRI datasets and analysis pipelines can be complicated; sharing the data and the processing scripts gives me peace of mind that the details of my work are preserved and can be built upon and improved after I have moved on to other things.

I have now deposited four data sets at the Illinois Data Bank. Each time the staff has thoroughly checked my data files and documentation for omissions or mistakes. They have always been knowledgeable, responsive, and helpful. Their participation gives me confidence that the dataset will be accurate and useful.

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