Data Citation and Publication for Researchers.

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2014Corporate Author
UK Environmental Observation Framework (UKEOF)
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4pp.
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Data are a fundamental part of the research process. Without them, it is impossible to
verify the results of published studies or reproduce the science. Yet modern datasets
are so large that it is not practical for the data to be published as part of the research
article, or in the supplementary materials, and so the data must be kept and managed
in a suitable repository. This separation of data from article means that if the scientific
record is to be maintained, the links between the article and the dataset must be kept.
Data citation provides a method of obtaining academic credit for the work put into
creating, managing and curating a dataset. With a formal data citation, it becomes
possible to piggy-back on existing methods for counting the impact of journal papers,
providing an indication of how cited (and therefore how used) a dataset is.
There is a rising feeling in the scientific community that data can and should be
treated as a first class research object, and thos.....
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UK Environmental Observation Framework (UKEOF)Bailrigg, UK
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UKEOF Advice Note;4Document Language
enBest Practice Type
Manual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc)Citation
UKEOF (2014) Data Citation and Publication for Researchers. Bailrigg, UK, UK Environmental Observing Framework, 4pp. (UKEOF Advice Note 4). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-909Collections