How to sign up for a Figshare account

If you are using Figshare as an individual and not through your institution:

Abiding by the Terms and Conditions, any individual with an email address can create an account on Figshare. The only other information required is a last name. Go to https://figshare.com and click ‘Sign up’ in the upper right section of the page.

You will need to enter a few details and accept the Terms & Conditions. From then on you will just need to use the Log in button.

If you are using Figshare through your institution:

Most institutions have single sign on (SSO) enabled which means there is no need to sign up, just go to your institution’s repository home page and click ‘Log in’ in the upper right. Alternatively, you can search for your institution here: https://figshare.com/account/login/institution.

If you are unsure please contact your administrator (typically this would be someone in your Library or Research office.

Shared accounts at institutions

In most cases, you will need to use your institutional staff/student credentials (combination of username and password) to log into Figshare via your SSO.

However, if you are using a shared account (not affiliated with your institutional SSO), or if you have been provided with a separate manual account to log into the institutional Figshare portal, you will not be able to log in via the SSO. To bypass SSO and log in successfully:

Navigate to your portal page and add /account/login to the end of your institutional Figshare URL. The url will look like https://institution.figshare.com/account/login

Example: La Trobe University’s Figshare portal is located at: https://latrobe.figshare.com/

To bypass SSO and log in with a manual / shared account, you will need to go to: https://latrobe.figshare.com/account/login