(Table version: Dec. 2022)
This table presents the most used platforms by EPFL researchers. It includes platforms for dissemination and preservation of data and code for the different scientific fields at EPFL and is based on this previous version by Varrato, Blumer, Weil, & Braskova (2021), licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
We assume no responsibility nor liability for incorrect information. Please contact [email protected] for corrections or questions on the table.
* indicates that deposition of data/code is restricted to people affiliated with a particular institution (e.g. need to collaborate with an affiliated person to use the platform); the 
logo identifies platforms based or maintained at EPFL, or if an official EPFL community exists for it.
Extensive definitions here.
Indication if the platform fulfills the SNSF Open Research Data (ORD) criteria (SNSF) and/or is listed as an Open Research Europe-approved repository (EU).
Source: re3data.org
Country or countries where the servers hosting the platform is or are located.
The platform provides a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), or not (1 or 0)
Maximum volume of a dataset (data or code) that a user can deposit onto a platform
| PLATFORM (*= Institutional) | TYPE(S) (* = For-Profit) | RECOMMENDED BY SNSF/EU | DISCIPLINE(S) | HOSTING | DOI | MAX SIZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACOUA* | Archive | All | CH | 1 | 10 TB | |
| ArrayExpress | Data Repository | SNSF, EU | Genetics, Biology, Life Sciences | USA/EU/UK | 0 | N/A |
| BORIS Portal* | Archive, Data Repository | SNSF | All | CH | 1 | No limit |
| c4Science* | Code Repository | All | CH | 0 | N/A | |
| CERN Open Data* | Data Repository | High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Physics | EU | 1 | N/A | |
| Channelpedia | Databank | Electrophysiology, Physiology | CH | 0 | N/A | |
| Copernicus | Data Repository | Geosciences, Ecology, Atmospheric Science | EU | 0 | N/A | |
| DaSCH | Data Repository | SNSF | Humanities, Social Sciences, Linguistics | CH | 0 | N/A |
| dbGap | Data Repository | Genetics | USA | 0 | N/A | |
| DataLakes | Databank | Limnology, Water Research | CH | 0 | N/A | |
| Dbnomics | Databank | Economics | Intl. | 0 | N/A | |
| Dryad | Data Repository | SNSF, EU | All | USA | 1 | 300 GB (more upon request) |
| EarthCube | Databank | Geosciences | USA | 0 | N/A | |
| edoc* | Archive, Data Repository | All | CH | N/A | N/A | |
| EMDB | Data Repository | SNSF | Biology, Medicine, Life Sciences | USA/EU/UK | 0 | N/A |
| EnviDat | Data Repository | SNSF | Environment | CH | 1 | N/A |
| ERIC Open* | Data Repository | Water Research, Biology, Life Sciences | CH | 1 | No limit | |
| ETH Research Collection* | Archive, Data Repository | SNSF | All | CH | 1 | 15 GB (suggested 10 GB) |
| B2SHARE | Data Repository | SNSF, EU | All | EU | 1 | 20 GB |
| ECMWF | Data Repository | Geosciences, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography | UK/IT/GE/Intl. | 0 | N/A | |
| EGA | Archive, Data Repository | EU | Genetics, Biology, Life Sciences | EU/ES | 0 | N/A |
| ENA | Data Repository | SNSF, EU | Genetics | UK/EU/Intl. | 0 | N/A |
| Figshare | Data Repository* | SNSF, EU | All | UK | 1 | 5 GB (20 GB per user) |
| FlowRepository | Data Repository | SNSF | Biology, Life Sciences | USA/Intl. | 0 | N/A |
| GenBank | Databank, Data Repository | SNSF | Biology, Medicine, Life Sciences | USA/UK | 0 | N/A |
| GEO DataSets | Data Repository | SNSF | Genetics | USA | 0 | N/A |
| Géoportail | Databank | Geosciences | FR | 0 | N/A | |
| GitHub | Code Repository* | SNSF, EU | All | USA | 0 | N/A |
| GitLab | Code Repository | All | Intl./Self-hosting | 0 | N/A | |
| GitLab EPFL* | Code Repository | All | CH | 0 | N/A | |
| Harvard Dataverse | Data Repository | SNSF, EU | All | USA/Intl. | 1 | 1TB |
| IEEE DataPort | Data Repository | Engineering, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences | USA | 1 | 2 TB (10 TB for organizations) | |
| Image Data Resource (IDR) | Data Repository | SNSF | Biology, Medicine, Life Sciences | UK/EU/CH | 1 | N/A |
| Infoscience* | Databank | All | CH | 1 | 200 MB | |
| INSPIRE Geoportal | Databank | Geosciences | EU | 0 | N/A | |
| IASOA | Databank, Data Repository | Geosciences, Atmospheric Science | Intl. | 0 | N/A | |
| Living Archive ENAC* | Databank | Architecture | CH | 0 | N/A | |
| Materials Cloud | Data Repository | SNSF, EU | Materials Science, Natural Sciences | CH | 1 | 5 GB (50 GB for AiiDA) |
| NeuroMorpho | Data Repository* | Neurosciences | USA | 0 | N/A | |
| NOAA NCEI | Data Repository | Geosciences, Paleontology | USA | 1 | N/A | |
| OLOS | Archive, Data Repository | SNSF | All | CH | 1 | No max volume (but contact if > 1GB per upload) |
| OMERO* | Data Analysis Platform | Microscopy | CH | 0 | N/A | |
| OpenNeuro | Data Repository | Neurosciences | USA | 1 | N/A | |
| OSF | Data Repository | SNSF, EU | All | USA | 1 | N/A |
| PhysioNet | Data Repository | Medicine, Life Sciences | USA | 1 | N/A | |
| ProteomeXchange | Data Repository | Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry | EU/Intl. | 0 | N/A | |
| PRIDE | Data Repository | SNSF | Biology, Life Sciences | EU | 1 | N/A |
| PSI Public Data Repository* | Data Repository | SNSF | Physics, Natural Sciences | CH | 1 | N/A |
| RCSB Protein Data Bank | Databank, Data Repository | SNSF | Structural Biology, Medicine | USA | 1 | N/A |
| ScienceBase Catalog | Data Repository | Geosciences | USA | 1 | N/A | |
| SRA | Data Repository | SNSF | Genetics, Biology, Life Sciences | USA | 0 | N/A |
| SIOS | Databank | Geosciences | EU/Intl. | 0 | N/A | |
| SWISSUbase | Archive, Data Repository | SNSF | Social Sciences, Linguistics | CH | 1 | N/A |
| CSD | Data Repository | Chemistry, Physics, Natural Sciences | UK | 1 | N/A | |
| UCI Machine Learning Repository | Data Repository | Computer Science, Social Sciences | USA | 0 | 200 MB | |
| WormBase | Databank, Data Repository | Life Sciences | UK/USA | 0 | N/A | |
| Yareta* | Data Repository | SNSF | All | CH | 1 | N/A |
| Zenodo Community | Data Repository | SNSF, EU | All | EU/CH | 1 | 50 GB (more upon request) |
| Reactome | Databank, Data Repository | EU | Neurosciences, Bioinformatics, Medicine | USA/UE | 1 | N/A |
| Code Ocean | Code Repository* | EU | All | USA | 1 | N/A |
| BitBucket | Code Repository* | EU | All | UK | 0 | N/A |
| Google Code | Code Repository* | EU | All | USA | 0 | N/A |
| HEPData | Data Repository | EU | High Energy Physics | CH/UK | 1 | N/A |