DANS is the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data. We help researchers make their data available for reuse. This allows researchers to use the data for new research and makes published research verifiable and reproducible. With more than 300,000 datasets and a staff of 60, DANS is one of the leading repositories in Europe. DANS is an institute of the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) and NWO (Dutch Research Council).
| Website | http://www.dans.knaw.nl |
| Revenue | $16.2 million |
| Employees | 197 (82 on RocketReach) |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Industry | Research Services, Data Archiving, Data Persistence, Data Publication Services, Certification Of Repositories |
| Web Rank | 120135 |
| Web Visits | 471890 |
| Keywords | Research Data, Research Data Management, Research Data Services, Data Repository, Research Infrastructure, Data Sharing, Data Reuse, Open Data, Reproducible Research, Digital Repository, Data Preservation, Data Archiving, Data Publication, Data Curation, Data Lifecycle Management, Data Governance, Data Standards, Data Policy |
| Competitors | Harvard University, University of Michigan, Mendeley, Dryad, figshare, DataCite, CyberSafeNet: Global Cybersecurity Community, The Collaborative Replication and Education Project (CREP), rOpenSci, EndNote Click - formerly Kopernio +36 more (view full list) |
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