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GSA PUBLICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS
Introducing Figshare

Whether you’re a reader or an author of GSA publications, Each supplemental item, regardless of file type,
you’re probably familiar with the GSA Data Repository. This open can be viewed in your browser at the top of the
archive was established in 1974 to provide authors of articles in item’s page. Another enhancement is that each supplemental item
GSA journals and books a place to present information that sup- is assigned a unique digital object identifier (DOI), making it eas-
plemented and/or expanded on their article. The way this informa- ily citable, shareable, and discoverable.
tion is accessed has changed a lot over the past 45 years. Before We think you’ll be impressed with the ease of use and accessi-
going online in the early 2000s, hard copies of a paper’s supple- bility of the new open archive at Figshare. Visit https://gsapubs
mental material were mailed upon request. Now all it takes is a .figshare.com to browse supplemental material or click on the
click of the mouse to access the material in an instant. Earlier this Supplemental Material footnote in any GSA digital publication to
year, the repository was moved from the GSA website be taken directly to the corresponding material in Figshare.
to Figshare, a data-management interface, bringing If the item you’re looking for was assigned a data repository
further improvements to how the material is housed number (e.g., 2013040), we’ve set up a search tool on the original
and accessed. Data Repository page at https://www.geosociety.org/datarepository.
One of the first things readers will notice is that Simply enter the DR number into the search field and click “Get
the Figshare platform provides the ability to view Link.” The DOI link for the item will appear below the box. Click
materials without the need to download them first. the link to be taken to the supplemental material listing on Figshare.

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