The DDD, a trusted repository for scientific literature

The report, entitled "Update of the Study on the readiness of research data and literature repositories to facilitate compliance with the Open Science Horizon Europe MGA requirements", conducted by independent experts, is the latest version of a previous document published at the start of 2023 and includes the differentiation between data repositories and scientific research repositories.

The new document offers valuable information for researchers who have received European funding (ERC grants and other aids under the Horizon Europe programme), because it facilitates choosing repositories which meet the European standards of open science practices.

Of the 241 repositories analysed, the UAB's DDD stands out as one of the 186 repositories to be accredited as a trustworthy scientific literature repository. This official recognition reaffirms the role of this resource as a UAB support platform for researchers.

Also worth mentioning is the inclusion in the report of CORA.RDR, a multidisciplinary federated data repository that allows Catalan universities, CERCA research centres and other research entities to publish research datasets under the FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) and according to the directives of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

Report reference: Lazzeri, E. (2024). Update of the Study on the readiness of research data and literature repositories to facilitate compliance with the Open Science Horizon Europe MGA requirements (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13919643