Why should I archive research data?

Proper archiving of research data guarantees that future research can benefit from it and ensures that your research can be reproduced by the scientific community.

Collecting research data is time-consuming and expensive in terms of money and labor. Therefore, archiving your data is often cheaper than collecting new data, especially since sometimes your previously collected data cannot be reproduced (for example, weather data).
Third-party research funders and scientific publishers recommend archiving your data to ensure good scientific standards. Sometimes archiving is even compulsory. There are also benefits for you.