Data citations within NCAR/UCP
Series: NCAR Technical NotesBoulder, Colo. : National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2012Content type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 2153-2397
- 2153-2400
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REPORT | NCAR Library Mesa Lab | 03693 | 1 | Available | 50583010341307 |
2012-11
Technical Report
Federal agencies, professional societies, and research organizations in the geo-sciences are moving towards requiring researchers to formally cite data that led to a given research result. This trend promotes transparency in research by offering a direct pathway to the data so the research can be validated or easily carried forward from a known starting point. Such “data citations” also raise the profile of data, that is, they promote data as being as valued and rewarded in scientific settings as peer-reviewed publications. This paper is the product of an inter-divisional working group created to study, promote, and implement citations to NCAR/UCP digital resources. The paper describes how citations to NCAR/UCP digital resources could make our research products more accessible, and provides a number of recommendations for creating citations and assigning web-accessible identifiers to digital resources.