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Research Data Management

Collaborative Tools & Software

Scholars increasingly work on collaborative research projects. Collaborative projects often bring together partners across disciplines, institutions, and sectors. These projects present opportunities for innovation but also raise challenges for the development of efficient and effective workflows and the management of data.

There are many tools available that can be used to support these types of projects.

Collaborative Tools

Open Science Framework (OSF)

OSF is a robust, free tool that can support many phases of the research life cycle. Notable features of the platform include storage space, a version controlled wiki, public sharing with a DOI, and integration with many other online platforms including Github, Google Drive, Zotero, and many others.

Learn more about using OSF

Protocols.io
  • protocols.io is a collaborative platform and preprint server for methods and protocols
  • Allows users to create step-by-step detailed, interactive, and dynamic protocols that can be run on mobile or web
  • protocols.io Premium accounts are available to researchers at UC Davis

Data Analytics Software

  • Python
  • RStudio & R
  • SASS
  • SPSS
  • Stata
  • Tableau
  • NVivo

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