Collaborative research and sharing data ahead of paper publication: A case study of De Montfort University’s Dr. Fabio Caraffini

• By sharing his high-resolution, multispectral images prior to a paper publication on DMU Figshare, Fabio and his colleagues are building public engagement with their research.

• Storing large amounts of data in DMU Figshare allows Fabio and his colleagues to link to that data in a paper, which they would have otherwise just had to describe in the body of the paper.