Where to Deposit Your Data
Choose the right archive or repository for your data based on policy alignment, funder/journal requirements, topical focus, curation needs, and sensitive/restricted-access considerations, with a comparison table of ICPSR repositories.
Find the Right ICPSR Archive for Your Data
Select the option that best matches your research context. Each route leads to a different entry point within the ICPSR ecosystem.
ICPSR & Sponsored Archives
Comparing archive topics, curation and self-publishing options, and whether restricted-data is accepted. Learn more about professional curation vs self-publishing.
| Repositories Name / Topic | Selection Criteria for Deposit | Offers Data Curation? | Offers Self-publishing? | Accept Restricted Data? | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consortium Archive (ICPSR) Social and behavioral sciences data, broadly defined | No Specific Requirement | Yes | Yes | Yes, use “Deposit Data to Curate” for restricted data, self-published or curated. | Self Publish Data |
| Child and Family Data Archive (CFData) Early care, education, and families data | Data from research projects funded by and preselected for archiving by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) | Yes | No | Yes | Deposit Data |
| DataLumos Publicly available government data resources | At-risk government data from federal, state, and local levels. | No | Yes | No | Deposit Data |
| Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR) Population health research data focused on maternal and child health and the life course | Data supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Population Dynamics Branch; other NICHD branches require approval. | Yes | No | Yes | Deposit Data |
| The Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA) Large-scale surveys of the American public about public health, attitudes towards health reform, and access to medical care | Data collected by grantees of the Robert W. Johnson foundation. | Yes | No | Yes | Deposit Data |
| Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention (IFIP) Firearms research including firearm injuries, ownership, or attitudes | Data related to firearms research including research on injuries/ownership/attitudes, solicited by CFVP. | Contact Us | Yes | No | Self-Publish Public Data |
| Linkage Library Data and code across disciplines | No specific requirement | No | Yes | No | Deposit Data |
| National Addiction and Health Data Archive Program (NAHDAP) Substance use and health data | Data must include measures of substance use. | Yes | Contact Us | Yes | Deposit Data |
| National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) Aging data | Requirements are based on whether our archive curates the materials or the data producer self-publishes; see NACDA deposit page for details. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Deposit Data to Curate |
| National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) Criminal justice data | Crime and criminal justice data, with particular emphasis on data funded or produced by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). | Yes | No | Yes | Deposit Data |
| National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC) Arts and culture data | Decisions about data for inclusion are made in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts. Please email prior to depositing. | Yes | No | Yes | Deposit Data |
| Patient-Centered Outcomes Data Repository (PCODR) Comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) data | Data collection must be funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). | Yes | No | Yes | Deposit Data |
| Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD) Race and ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation data | Data focused on populations underrepresented in typical data collection. Underrepresentation could be based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Data become part of ICPSR’s member collection. | Yes | No | Yes | Deposit Data |
| Social, Behavioral, & Economic Consortium Coordinating Center (SBECCC) Social, behavioral, and economic research on public health emergencies | Data and/or variable-level metadata associated with social, behavioral, or economic research on public health emergencies. | Yes | No | Yes | Deposit Data |
| The Social Media Archive (SOMAR) Social media research data | Research data generated from and about social media platforms and online interaction spaces. | No | Yes | Yes | Deposit Data |
Journal & Replication Repositories
ICPSR hosts replication repositories for several journals and data collections. If your journals was not listed below, please use the “Consortium Archive” above.
| Repositories Name / Topic | Selection Criteria for deposit | Offers Data Curation? | Offers Self-publishing? | Accept Restricted Data? | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Economic Association Data and Code Repository (AEA)
Data and code associated with publications of the American Economic Association | Replication packages supporting publications included in journals published by the American Economic Association. | No | Yes | No | Deposit Data |
| American Educational Research Association Data Repository (AERA) Data on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education | Data collected by grantees of the American Educational Research Association or published in one of their journals. | No | Yes | No | Deposit Data |
| Journal of Economic History Data Repository (JEH) History and economics data for the Journal of Economic History | Replication packages supporting publications included in the Journal of Economic History. | No | Yes | No | Deposit Data |
| Western Economic Association International Data and Code Repository (WEAI) | Replication packages supporting publications included in Economic Inquiry or Contemporary Economic Policy. | No | Yes | No | Deposit Data |
| Panel Study of Income Dynamics Repository (PSID) Household panel survey data | Replication data and code for publications using PSID. | No | Yes | No | Deposit Data |