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Research Impact and Metrics: Research Data Sharing

Research Data Sharing

  • Archive research data in a data repository 
  • Publish them in a data journal (Papers published in a data journal receive citations in the same manner as other academic articles). 
  • Colavizza, G., Hrynaszkiewicz, I., Staden, I., Whitaker, K., & McGillivray, B. (2020). The citation advantage of linking publications to research data. PLoS ONE, 15(4), e0230416. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230416
  • Piwowar, H. A., Day, R. S., & Fridsma, D. B. (2007). Sharing Detailed Research Data Is Associated with Increased Citation Rate. PLoS ONE, 2(3), e308. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000308

Archive research data in a data repository

Examples:

Figshare

Harvard Dataverse

Open Science Framework

UK data service

Zenodo

Publish research data in a data journal (Papers published in a data journal receive citations in the same manner as other academic articles).

Examples of prominent data journal:

Scientific Data (by Springer Nature) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal for descriptions of datasets and research that advances the sharing and reuse of research data. This journal primarily publishes Data Descriptors, a type of publication that focuses on helping others reuse data and crediting those who share. 

Geoscience Data Journal (by Wiley) is a scientific data journal advancing the understanding of Earth system science through the publication of data.

Data in Brief is a multidisciplinary, open access, peer-reviewed journal, which mainly publishes short, digestible data articles that describe and provide access to research data.