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Title: Implementation of data citations and persistent identifiers at the ORNL DAAC

Abstract

A requirement of data archives is that data holdings can be easily discovered, accessed, and used. One approach to improving data discovery and access is through data citations coupled with Digital Object Identifiers (DOI). The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) since 1998 has issued data citations that have been accepted and used in peer-reviewed journals. Citation elements established by the ORNL DAAC are similar to those used for journal articles (authors, year, product title, and information to locate), and beginning in 2007 included a DOI that is persistent, actionable, specific, and complete. The approach used at the ORNL DAAC also allows for referring to subsets of the data, by including within the citation the temporal and spatial extent, and parameters used. Data citations allow readers to find data and reproduce the results of the research article, and also use those data to test new hypotheses, design new sample collections, or construct or evaluate models. The ORNL DAAC uses a manual method to compile data citations and has developed a database that links research articles and their use of specific ORNL DAAC data products. Automation of the data citation compilation process, as is the case formore » articles, will enable data citations to become a more common practice. In addition to enhancing discovery and access of the data used in a research article, the citation gives credit to data generators, data centers and their funders, and, through citation indices, determine the scientific impact of a data set.« less

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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Environmental Sciences Division
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Central Research Library
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Work for Others (WFO)
OSTI Identifier:
1325447
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; NNG14HH39I
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Ecological Informatics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1574-9541
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; 96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION; Data citation; Data citation index; Open data; Scientific impact

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Cook, Robert B., Vannan, Suresh K. S., McMurry, Benjamin F., Wright, Daine M., Wei, Y., Boyer, Alison G., and Kidder, J. H. Implementation of data citations and persistent identifiers at the ORNL DAAC. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2016.03.003.
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Cook, Robert B., Vannan, Suresh K. S., McMurry, Benjamin F., Wright, Daine M., Wei, Y., Boyer, Alison G., & Kidder, J. H. Implementation of data citations and persistent identifiers at the ORNL DAAC. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2016.03.003
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Cook, Robert B., Vannan, Suresh K. S., McMurry, Benjamin F., Wright, Daine M., Wei, Y., Boyer, Alison G., and Kidder, J. H. Tue . "Implementation of data citations and persistent identifiers at the ORNL DAAC". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2016.03.003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1325447.
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@article{osti_1325447,
title = {Implementation of data citations and persistent identifiers at the ORNL DAAC},
author = {Cook, Robert B. and Vannan, Suresh K. S. and McMurry, Benjamin F. and Wright, Daine M. and Wei, Y. and Boyer, Alison G. and Kidder, J. H.},
abstractNote = {A requirement of data archives is that data holdings can be easily discovered, accessed, and used. One approach to improving data discovery and access is through data citations coupled with Digital Object Identifiers (DOI). The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) since 1998 has issued data citations that have been accepted and used in peer-reviewed journals. Citation elements established by the ORNL DAAC are similar to those used for journal articles (authors, year, product title, and information to locate), and beginning in 2007 included a DOI that is persistent, actionable, specific, and complete. The approach used at the ORNL DAAC also allows for referring to subsets of the data, by including within the citation the temporal and spatial extent, and parameters used. Data citations allow readers to find data and reproduce the results of the research article, and also use those data to test new hypotheses, design new sample collections, or construct or evaluate models. The ORNL DAAC uses a manual method to compile data citations and has developed a database that links research articles and their use of specific ORNL DAAC data products. Automation of the data citation compilation process, as is the case for articles, will enable data citations to become a more common practice. In addition to enhancing discovery and access of the data used in a research article, the citation gives credit to data generators, data centers and their funders, and, through citation indices, determine the scientific impact of a data set.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ecoinf.2016.03.003},
journal = {Ecological Informatics},
number = C,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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