Data Citation at Flinders University

What do we want? Data Citation

When do we want it? Now!

Amanda NixonManager, eResearch@Flinders

eResearch@Flinders

• Data Citation• Worldwide trends• DOIs• What’s happening at TERN• What’s happening at CSIRO• The ANDS/Thomson Reuters Data Citation

Project• Where the rewards lie

What’s already been covered

Mission Statement

• Took part in the ANDS/Thomson Reuters Project

• After hearing the presentations this afternoon…

I need to tell you why Flinders

Regarding the trial itself

• Very little investment of time or resources• (thanks to ANDS and Thomson Reuters)

• Excellent timing• Few live records (9) - therefore

• Capacity to easily change our processes if we needed to

• Small task to fix older records if required• We still had technical capacity to fix anything if

we needed to

ReportingBut the benefits were great

• Knowing for sure that it would work for our records

• Meaning we could tell researchers for sure that it would work for their datasets

• Chance to influence the process• Better than coming in later and having to play

catch up

Responsibilities – eResearch

• Anecdotally, we knew researchers were interested• It’s a great carrot for making data open or available for

sharing• It’s a way for researchers to acknowledge the use of

dataset – whether they have created the dataset themselves or not

• A very tangible way of acknowledging the dataset as a research output in its own right– And of acknowledging use of datasets created by others

Why were we so keen?

• Another chance to be proactive in this area• Higher visibility for Flinders• Another chance to be part of a collaboration (we love

that stuff!)

But really – why so keen?

Responsibilities – Data Management

• We knew that ANDS were either talking to or likely to talk to the ARC about datasets as research outputs

• We thought this could lead to more emphasis on data management planning in grants (which it has)

• We reckon that we will later see a mandate on sharing data

• Down the track, we think information on data sharing could be used for research assessment

Reading the tea leaves

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Responsibilities – Digital ReositoriesAnd if you’re talking research assessment

• Citation data might play a big part

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• Have you looked at the way researchers currently acknowledge the use of datasets?

Why else?

Questions?