Research Data Management

Data Citation

Research Data is an independent scholarly work that is citable. If you have reused any research data in your research, you are expected to cite the source as if you would do with a typical research article. A proper data citation acknowledges the creator and helps our readers to locate the original data source.

Format and elements of a data citation vary among disciplines. The recommended elements in a data citation include:

• Author: The creator(s) of the dataset.
• Publication Year: The date the dataset was made available.
• Title: The name of the cited dataset.
• Publisher/Distributor: The organization hosting the data.
• Version/Edition (if any)
• Resource type: e.g. dataset, data file, codebook, or database.
• Persistent URL/identifier: e.g. DOI, handle, ARK, PURL.

Recommended Formats

APA 7th:

Rightsholder. (Year). Title of data set. (Version number) [Description of form]. Publisher. DOI or URL 

Example:

O’Donohue, W. (2017). Content analysis of undergraduate psychology textbooks (ICPSR 36966; Version V1) [Data set]. ICPSR. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36966.v1

Learn more from Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

More Styles:

Refer to the online guide created by The Digital Curation Centre (DCC).