Making the most of data sharing | Nature Ecology & Evolution

"Data repositories are the best way of sharing data both before and after publication, and Nature journals offer integrated data uploading at initial manuscript submission....

One of the most striking conclusions of the latest State of Open Data report is that three quarters of researchers feel they have received no support with planning, managing and sharing their research data. Few researchers are experts in data science itself, and most researchers have many other demands on their time. There is therefore a gap between what researchers may wish to do in terms of open data, and what they actually feel able to do. Closing this gap requires action by institutions, funders and publishers, and is one of the reasons that we have partnered with figshare to provide integrated data and manuscript submission...."