Materials Research Repository Directory
The Materials Research Repository Directory is a list of repositories, platforms, and other services supporting materials research data deposition, discovery, or analysis. The directory aims to support and encourage the FAIR principles for data coming from a wider array of stakeholders within the materials research community.
The repository directory has two overriding aims:
- Encourage researchers to make their data FAIR through repository discovery and utilization
- Providing FAIR access to repositories focused on materials research data
Initial listing was compiled from the following sources.
Project leaders and contributors: Scott McClellan (doctoral student, lead editor), Kio Polson (doctoral student, lead developer). Faculty advisor: Jane Greenberg.
Funded by: NSF-OAC #2118201
Example Repositories
figshare
- Focus: Large research data and associated papers
- Download Access: Open
- Upload Access: Freemium
- Metadata Support: None
- Org Location: Multinational
the all in one repository a home for papers, FAIR data and non-traditional research outputs that is easy to use and ready now
Crystallography Open Database
(COD)
- Focus: Crystal structures of various compounds excluding biopolymers
- Download Access: Open
- Upload Access: Free Registration
- Metadata Support: Strict
- Org Location: United Kingdom
Including data and software from CrystalEye is this a open-access collection of crystal structures of organic, inorganic, metal-organic compounds and minerals, excluding biopolymers. At present, this is the most comprehensive open resource for small molecule structures, freely available to all scientists in Lithuania and worldwide. Including data and software from CrystalEye, developed by Nick Day at the department of Chemistry, the University of Cambridge under supervision of Peter Murray-Rust.
Materials Project
- Focus: Inorganic and crystalline materials
- Download Access: Limited Open, Free Registration
- Upload Access: Free Registration
- Metadata Support: Some
- Org Location: United States of America
The Materials Project produces one of the world's foremost databases of computed information about inorganic, crystalline materials, along with providing powerful web-based apps to help analyze this information to help the design of novel materials. Access is provided free-of-charge with an API available and under a permissive license.
figshare
- Focus: Large research data and associated papers
- Download Access: Open
- Upload Access: Freemium
- Metadata Support: None
- Org Location: Multinational
the all in one repository a home for papers, FAIR data and non-traditional research outputs that is easy to use and ready now
Crystallography Open Database
(COD)
- Focus: Crystal structures of various compounds excluding biopolymers
- Download Access: Open
- Upload Access: Free Registration
- Metadata Support: Strict
- Org Location: United Kingdom
Including data and software from CrystalEye is this a open-access collection of crystal structures of organic, inorganic, metal-organic compounds and minerals, excluding biopolymers. At present, this is the most comprehensive open resource for small molecule structures, freely available to all scientists in Lithuania and worldwide. Including data and software from CrystalEye, developed by Nick Day at the department of Chemistry, the University of Cambridge under supervision of Peter Murray-Rust.
Materials Project
- Focus: Inorganic and crystalline materials
- Download Access: Limited Open, Free Registration
- Upload Access: Free Registration
- Metadata Support: Some
- Org Location: United States of America
The Materials Project produces one of the world's foremost databases of computed information about inorganic, crystalline materials, along with providing powerful web-based apps to help analyze this information to help the design of novel materials. Access is provided free-of-charge with an API available and under a permissive license.
