Datasets require citations for the same reasons as journal articles, books, proceedings, and so on: to acknowledge the original author/producer and to help other researchers find the resource.
Cite Others
A dataset citation includes the same components as any other citation:
- Author
- Title
- Year of publication
- Publisher (For data sets, this is often the archive where it is housed.)
- Edition or version
- Access information (a URL or other persistent identifier).
Below are our recommendations for a some of the main citation styles:
- DataCite brief guide to citing data
- UBC Library guide to citing data
Get Cited
Research data in an open access repository is findable and citable.
In addition, you can create a free account on ORCID, ImpactStory, or Google Scholar, etc. You can add links to your profile to unique URIs (or DOIs) of your datasets, just as for other publications.
Need help? Contact research.data@ubc.ca