Data repository · Database
Figshare
A research repository hosting institutional deposits, publisher records, and supplementary data behind figures.
What Figshare is
Figshare is a repository designed to host institutional and publisher deposits. It focuses primarily on storing and making available the supplementary data associated with published figures.
The repository houses more than 10 million records, functioning as a resource for researchers seeking underlying datasets from academic publications and institutional outputs.
Key facts
- Category
- Repository
- Total records
- 10M+ items
- Deposit sources
- Institutions and publishers
What you can use it for
- Retrieving supplementary figure data
- Researchers can access datasets and supplementary files that directly support figures published in scientific literature.
- Accessing institutional deposits
- Scientists can locate and examine research deposits submitted by academic and research institutions.
- Accessing publisher datasets
- Users can consult research material and data files deposited through academic publishers.
Query it here
The research agent queries Figshare directly — no account, no API key — and every answer links back to the record it came from. Ask in plain language and it writes the query.
Strengths and limits
Good at
- Provides access to a large collection of over 10 million items.
- Maintains an explicit focus on supplementary data supporting published figures.
Questions
Can I search Figshare without writing code?
Yes. The research agent queries Figshare directly, with no account or API key, and cites the record behind every answer. Ask in plain language — for a gene, a protein, a compound or a study — and it builds the query for you.
Can I reuse data from Figshare?
Figshare publishes its own terms of use; read them on https://figshare.com before reusing its records.
What kind of content does Figshare store?
Figshare holds institutional and publisher deposits, with an emphasis on supplementary data associated with published figures.
How many records are available in the repository?
The repository contains over 10 million items.
What type of platform is Figshare?
It is an institutional and publisher data repository.
Written from Figshare's own website and reference material. Statements citing a figure that does not appear there are removed before publication. Licence and running details come from our registry.