Research Data

Managing Research Data,

Proper management of research data is essential to ensuring the replicability, reproducibility, and reuse of research results. It also helps increase their visibility, impact, and scientific value.
At Aix-Marseille University, responsible data management is based on several pillars:
· Data Management Plan (DMP): a framework document that describes the lifecycle of a project’s data, code, and software. It is required by most funding agencies. AMU offers support for drafting and reviewing these plans, particularly through the SCD and the DMP OPIDoR platform.
· Life cycle of data, software, and code: from creation to preservation, including processing, documentation, sharing, and archiving. Rigorous planning is necessary at every stage.
· FAIR Principles: making data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. These principles also apply to software and code to promote their dissemination and interoperability.

Sharing and Dissemination

Sharing data, code, and software helps maximize the value of research results, strengthen their scientific impact, and encourage open innovation.

Where and how to deposit?

Data: Here is the order of preference for choosing a repository:

1. a recognized disciplinary repository tailored to your field, offering greater scientific visibility.
2. AMU’s institutional repository: DAT’AMU, a space dedicated to researchers at Aix-Marseille University, integrated into the national Recherche Data Gouv platform. It ensures local promotion and data traceability within the AMU ecosystem.
3. A general-purpose or multidisciplinary repository, useful if no discipline-specific or institutional repository is suitable.

In any case, to ensure the long-term preservation and quality of your deposits, it is essential to choose a trusted repository recommended by the community or institutions—or even a certified repository bearing the CoreTrustSeal label.

Support at Aix-Marseille University

Aix-Marseille University offers a structured ecosystem, featuring the amU Data Help Desk (GDsAM)—a certified service and single point of contact—to support researchers at every stage of managing, disseminating, and leveraging data, code, and software.
This help desk relies on a network of specialized services:
· CEDRE for technical support;
· DAT’AMU, an institutional storage space integrated into the national Recherche.data.gouv platform;
· SCD for assistance with drafting and reviewing data management plans;
· École de Développement des Talents for training,

As well as close collaboration with partners such as MMSH, OpenEdition, DRV, and others, ensuring a synergy of expertise to meet all your needs.