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Research Data Management

Citing Data

Creating a proper citation allows others to easily find and/or re-use research data and ensures the original creators receive credt for their work.

Creating a Citation

The citation should include at minimum the following elements (arranged and/or required according to the style you use):

  • Author or creator
  • Title or description
  • Edition or version
  • Year of publication
  • Publisher or location of the data
  • URL or DOI

Examples:

APA

Hartley, K.F. (2020). Mancetter-Hartshill Roman Pottery Kilns Archive Project [Data set]. doi:10.5284/1079019

Chicago

(Footnote) K.F. Hartley, Mancetter-Hartshill Roman Pottery Kilns Archive Project (accessed December 1, 2020), doi:10.5284/1079019.

(Bibliography) Hartley, K.F. Mancetter-Hartshill Roman Pottery Kilns Archive Project (accessed December 1, 2020), doi:10.5284/1079019.

MLA

Hartley, K.F. “Mancetter-Hartshill Roman Pottery Kilns Archive Project.” Archaeology Data Service, 2020. Web. 1 December 2020. <https://doi.org/10.5284/1079019>.

Identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers (DOI), are becoming the standard for providing persistent links to data files. The  Dataverse will issue DOIs to deposited data. To get a DOI for your data housed in other repositories, go to DataCite.

Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) is a registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers. You can link your ID with your professional profile, such as education, employment, grants, publications, etc. Use your ID to share your information with other platforms to make sure you get recognition for all your contributions. You can avoid duplicate data entry and maintenance across multiple sites by maintaining your ORCID record and linking it to existing profile accounts  (Google Scholar, Academia.edu, LinkedIn etc).