Why Choose SPARC?

Contributing to SPARC

The SPARC Data and Resource Center welcomes contributions from the diverse scientific community interested in bridging the body and the brain. Our mission seeks to advance scientific understanding and improve clinical outcomes by providing a leading platform for integrating data, knowledge, computational modeling, and mapping of the peripheral nervous system, its CNS interactions, and related physiological processes.

When you publish your datasets and computational models on the SPARC Portal, you gain significant professional advantages that extend far beyond simple data storage. Your research immediately gains enhanced credibility, as resources shared on the SPARC Portal meet the highest standards for data sharing and reproducibility.

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Highest quality

SPARC Datasets meet the highest standards for data sharing and reproducibility - adding credibility to your research.

Maximize Impact

Making your data FAIR enhances its research impact. SPARC creates meaningful cross-platform visibility by connecting your published article and dataset to the broader SPARC ecosystem, enhancing discoverability by readers looking for articles with high-quality, accessible datasets, potentially boosting your citations, leading to reuse, and opening new collaborative opportunities.

Be at the forefront

Maximizing reuse leads to unexpected discoveries. SPARC is committed to growing and evolving with your research needs, helping you and the PNS community stay at the forefront of technological advancements.

Ready to contribute?

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