About Data Citation

There is a lot of information about data citation on the ANDS website.

http://ands.org.au/cite-data/index.html is the main page which links off to pages directed primarily at institutions and researchers.

There are also a number of videos up on the ANDS YouTube channel, grouped under a Data Citation playlist.

What is data citation?

Data citation refers to the practice of providing a reference to data in the same way as researchers routinely provide a bibliographic reference to outputs such as journal articles, reports and conference papers.  Citing data is increasingly being recognised as one of the key practices leading to recognition of data as a primary research output.  This is important because:

• when datasets are routinely cited they will achieve greater validity and significance within the scholarly communications cycle
• citation of data enables recognition of scholarly effort with the potential for reward based on data outputs
• the use of data should be appropriately attributed in scholarly outputs as with other types of publication