KI Data Repository – publish and share research data
Do you want to publish your research data? Even if your data is sensitive, you can share it securely via the KI Data Repository (KIDR), as long as Karolinska Institutet is the research principal (huvudman). Contact us to get started!
Access to data is regulated depending on what the data set contains. Data stored in KI DR receives a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which is a permanent identifier. A permanent identifier is important for the data to be cited correctly and to be possible to retrieve for a long time to come, and something that publishers often require when publishing journal articles.
When stored in KI DR, the data becomes searchable in the Swedish National Data Service's (SND) portal Researchdata.se. SND is a national infrastructure for research data run by a consortium of Swedish universities, of which KI is one.
Store, publish and share research data in KI DR
Step 1: Log into DORIS to describe your data
To store data in KI DR, you first make a data description in DORIS, the Swedish National Data Service's (SND) system for describing and publishing research data. Metadata in DORIS follows standards that make your dataset searchable and increase the possibilities that your data can be reused.
Log in with your KI ID to describe and share data via DORIS. When you are logged in to DORIS, click on "New data description" to start a description. SND has more information on how to describe and share data: Describe and share data (SND).
Begin your data publication as soon as you submit your manuscript to ensure that the data description is completed on time and that you can obtain a DOI to reference the data in your publication.
For datasets larger than 1 TB, contact kidr@ki.se before starting the data description.
Step 2: Your data description is reviewed before publication
The description is reviewed by administrators at KI's university library. You may be contacted with suggestions that improve the quality of the description (the metadata).
Research data with personal data
If your research project deals with sensitive personal data, an approved ethics review from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority is always required for storage in KI DR.
Step 3: Data is published
When the data description is complete, it is published and becomes searchable in SND's portal Researchdata.se. Datasets described in DORIS and stored in KI DR are given persistent identifiers of the type DOI.
Most of KI's research data contains sensitive data, which means that it cannot be downloaded from researchdata.se by direct download. If other researchers submit a request to access restricted data, the request will be handled by KI according to special procedures to protect sensitive data.
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