Find the dataset behind a paper

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Short answer. Check, in order: the paper's "Data availability" or "Code" section, the arXiv abs page links, Papers with Code, the authors' GitHub, Hugging Face Datasets, Zenodo or Figshare DOIs cited in the references, and the journal's supplementary materials.

Where datasets live

Host Query
Hugging Face https://huggingface.co/api/datasets?search=NAME
Papers with Code https://paperswithcode.com/api/v1/papers/?q=TITLE
Zenodo https://zenodo.org/api/records?q=NAME
Figshare https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles/search (POST)
DataCite (dataset DOIs) https://api.datacite.org/dois?query=NAME
GitHub https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=NAME+dataset

Details

  • Benchmarks often gate test sets behind a form or keep labels private; the paper says so.
  • Record the exact version or commit; datasets are revised after publication.
  • Licenses differ from the paper's; check before redistributing.

Sources