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Research Data

Practical information on research data, how and where to share them, data management plans, data repositories, etc.

How research data should be cited

Examples of research data citations:

  • Sallstrom, Nathalie; Goulas, Thanos; Martin, Simon; Engstrom, Daniel (2020). Additive Manufacturing of Highly Elastic Nanoclay-crosslinked Hydrogel with Self-healing Abilities.[Dataset]. Figshare. https://doi.org/10.17028/rd.lboro.11793948.v1
  • Herrera, Carlos M. (2019). Complex long-term dynamics of pollinator abundance in undisturbed Mediterranean montane habitats over two decades. [Dataset], v2, Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5hq26p1

Cita tus datos de investigación

The importance of citing research data:
  • Datasets must be cited because they are research results too, like papers, dissertations, essays…
  • To cite research data makes easier identification and access to them, in order to find and reuse these results.
  • By citing, you could recognize the authority of the research.
  • Citing is the best way to allow transparency in academic research.
Best practices to citing:
  • The identification, location and access to the data must be facilitated by a unique and persistent identifier (DOI, Handle, etc.).
  • Each dataset must be cited independently.
  • Datasets citations must appear in the bibliographic references section of the paper.
  • It is recommended to include a unique author identifier (ORCID, etc.).
Citation writing:

There are mandatory and recommended minimum elements that are combined to elaborate the citation in any standard style (ALA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) or those proposed by the main data repositories (Dataverse, Dryad, etc.).

  • Mandatory: author/s, date, title, persistent identifier, resource type, version and/or edition.
  • Recommended: unique author identifier, data repository, source of publication, geographical scope, time scope.
Example of APA style citation:

Remesar Betlloch, X., Antelo, A., Llivina, C., Albà, E., Berdié, L., Agnelli, S., ... Alemany, M. (2015). Influence of a hyperlipidic diet on the composition of the non-membrane lipid 6 pool of red blood cells of male and female rats. [Dataset]. Versión de 22 de junio de 2015. Dipòsit digital de documents de la UAB. http://hdl.handle.net/2445/66010