Library Guides: Alternative metrics: Melbourne Figshare

About Melbourne Figshare

Melbourne Figshare
Melbourne Figshare is the University's data repository which enables our research community to store, manage, publish and share research data, other supplementary research materials, and non-traditional research outputs (NTROs). It is primarily intended for storing and sharing materials that underpin research processes.

Depositing materials in Melbourne Figshare will also create a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for your output.

Melbourne Figshare collects metrics such as views, downloads, and citations, and will display additional metrics from Dimensions and Altmetric Explorer when available.

Depositing your research

Materials in Melbourne Figshare can include:

research datasets
code
software
notes and findings
media
creative works
reports

Find out more about Melbourne Figshare and where to get help.

If you need help with depositing your non-traditional research outputs (NTROs), you can contact the Research Outputs Team. The team can work with you to deposit your non-traditional research outputs into the University's integrated systems (Melbourne Figshare, Elements, Find an Expert, and Researcher Dashboard).