Updates to Released Studies

Updating Data or Documentation

Members of the research community who have previously deposited their data are encouraged to submit additions, updates, or changes that would benefit future analysis. Examples of such enhancements include:

• Additional waves of data;
• Previously unavailable documentation and/or syntax files; and
• Newly discovered corrections or errata notes.

Submission procedures parallel the procedures for new deposits. Researchers should mark “yes” for the question, “Is this deposit a new edition, extract, update, or special version of an existing ICPSR data collection?” and include a note in the comment box provided at the bottom of the deposit form. The note should list the ICPSR study number for the existing release and detail how each deposited file differs from previous versions.

Questions regarding this process should be directed to icpsr-help@umich.edu.

New Publications

We encourage investigators to submit citations of their published work to the ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature even after their study has been released. The ICPSR Bibliography is a searchable database of known published and unpublished works that use data distributed by ICPSR. The Bibliography is a resource for replicating analyses, finding reports with summary statistics, obtaining details on methodological issues, and learning about work already published.

Part of ICPSR’s mission is to advance and expand social and behavioral research.

The data from published studies continue to have analytic potential, and contributing to the bibliography helps facilitate data discovery and promotes new research through secondary analysis. Citations to published work can be sent at any time to bibalerts@umich.edu. Please include the ICPSR study number and title to help us identify your study.