Researchers
Figshare.com is our free generalist repository platform, providing researchers with tools and workflows to share, showcase and manage research outputs.
Figshare has provided a free repository for individual researchers for over a decade
- Share your research appropriately and responsibly
- Comply with funder and publisher policies
- Increase your visibility and get credit for all of your research
- Understand the reach and influence of your work with usage metrics
Share, showcase and manage your research and get credit for intellectual contributions
With a individual storage allocation of 20GB, you can use Figshare to share your research outputs. Your output will receive a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and other essential metadata, making it Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR)
With usage metrics, Altmetric attention data and citations, Figshare provides a way for you to effectively measure the potential impact of all of your research outputs
There are a growing number of open data policies and mandates from major funders and publishers that call for research data to be made openly available. Using Figshare, you can ensure you have a plan for how to manage your research data from the very beginning of your research journey
Start sharing your research
Figshare is a provider of repository infrastructure. Our platform helps researchers share, showcase and manage their research outputs in a discoverable, citable and transparent way, ensuring they can get credit for all of their research outputs.
Read our user guide on getting started with Figshare so that you can start sharing your research today.
Key features of Figshare.com
- 20 GB of free storage - to comply with funder, publisher and institutional mandates
- Handle big files with confidence - better tools than any other free offering to work with large (>5GB) files
- Get a DOI for your work - ensuring it has a persistent identifier and is trackable and citable
- Upload any file format - and showcase it with in-browser preview capabilities
- Desktop uploader - drag and drop your files onto the desktop uploader for fast uploads
- Collaborative spaces - share files with your research collaborators
- Private link sharing - enabling you to share your research without it being publicly discoverable
- Create collections - group interesting content into collections to better showcase your research
Figshare Plus
Publish big research data with confidence. Figshare Plus supports researchers with big data sharing needs by offering more storage space and larger file size uploads for published data and expert curation support to maximize data discovery and reuse.
For a one-time data publishing charge, Figshare Plus users can openly share their datasets and materials supporting a specific publication or project in a trusted repository.
Need help using Figshare?
Our comprehensive user guides will support you with all aspects of using Figshare.com, whether you need to create an account or want to know more about license options or get started using our API - we've got you covered.
