For Researchers #

Research Data Retention Requirements #

Researchers at Kyoto University are obligated to preserve “research materials which are the grounds of presented research discovery” (documents, numerical data, images, etc.) for “at least 10 years after the presentation of the said (sic) research papers.”

• Research Integrity pamphlet
• Matters ruled for the Preservation and Disclosure of Research Data as defined in Article 7- 2 of the Regulations regarding Promoting Research Integrity of Kyoto University

Significance of Research Data Sharing #

Sharing research data is significant from many perspectives, including the following:

• Ensuring the transparency and fairness of research works
• Meeting requirements imposed by organizations that provide research grants
• Helping research works have a positive impact by being directly quoted or reused
• Creating new research communities and leading to industry-academia collaboration
• Creating innovation through new discoveries and interpretations derived from the research works
• Making it easier for the authors to reuse their research data through appropriate management and preservation
• Producing educational effects on young researchers and students concerning data collection and analysis
• Obtaining a better understanding of research from citizens and taxpayers

In addition, there are growing trends among publishers toward publishing academic theses in journals only if the authors of the theses fulfill the obligatory (or recommended) condition of registering the data that provide the grounds for the theses on data repositories.