When you go to finalize your dataset load, Dryad will identify errors that you might have made in managing your upload. These can be missing form entries, missing files, etc. Here is a sample of such errors on the submission screen. This is the time when you may go back and change your entries. You may also come back to your dataset page at any time before submission to edit the contents.
Review Description: In addition to reviewing the description of the dataset that you have provided, this is also where you will get the DOI has has been assigned to your dataset and what the citation for your dataset looks like. Be sure it includes all of the necessary information.
Review Data Files: In addition to the files containing your data, be sure that any files that are required for understanding and working with your data are also included.
Enable Private for Peer Review: Check the box next to "Keep my dataset private while my related article is in peer review" if your Data Management Plan included an embargo on making the data public during your article's peer review. The default embargo is for six months and the dataset will not go through curation until the embargo ends.
Agree to Terms: Check the boxes next to the terms. Be sure to review Dryad's Terms of Service.
License: Dryad only accepts datasets under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. If you cannot agree to this license, do not submit your dataset.
Payment: There are no fees for uploading a dataset as part of the University of Arkansas Dryad membership.
On the final page of the submission process, you have the option to make the dataset private during your related manuscript’s peer review process. After selecting this option, you will be presented with a private URL that allows for a double-blind download of the dataset. This link can be used by the journal office or reviewers to access the data files during the review period. This temporary sharing URL is not a permanent identifier like a DOI and should be substituted with the dataset DOI at the point of final manuscript submission or the page proofs stage. The DOI reserved for your dataset will not change at any point after the dataset has been created.
When your manuscript has been accepted, you can take your dataset out of private for peer review, so that the Dryad team can begin the curation and publication processes. To do this, log in to Dryad and navigate to "My datasets". Find the submission under the "Kept private" heading. On the right, click the "Release for curation" button, and confirm.
Note that if your manuscript is submitted to, and accepted by, an integrated title that sends us status updates on your manuscript, the private for peer review period will automatically end.
If you have questions or require assistance, contact Dryad support.