Publication and Citation of Scientific Primary Data

The size of the data sets used in a scientific publication often prohibits their publication as data tables and, as a result, data used as the basis of a publication are rarely published anymore. The lack of access to scientific data is an obstacle to interdisciplinary and international research.

Persistent identifiers together with their bibliographical information provide the opportunity to find and to cite primary data in scientific publications.

A citation of a data set follows the classical citation rules in scientific literature, e.g. author(s), publication year, data set name, persistent identifier.

Examples of data citations

Nozawa, Toru (2004): IPCC-DDC_CCSRNIES_SRES_B2: 211 YEARS MONTHLY MEANS, National Institute for Environmental Studies and Center for Climate System Research Japan, WDCC. doi:10.1594/WDCC/CCSRNIES_SRES_B2

Kamm,H; Machon, L; Donner, S (2004): Gas Chromatography (KTB Field Lab), GFZ Potsdam. doi:10.1594/GFZ/ICDP/KTB/ktb-geoch-gaschr-p

Stein, R.; Fahl, K. (2003): Distribution of grain size and clay minerals in surface sediments of the Kara Sea, PANGAEA, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.119754.

Application in the literature

Lorenz, S.J., Kasang, D., Lohmann, G. (2005): Globaler Wasserkreislauf und Klimaänderungen - eine Wechselbeziehung, In: Warnsignal Klima: Genug Wasser für alle? Lozán, Graßl, Hupfer, Menzel, Schönwiese (Eds.), pp. 153-158. Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen, Hamburg, Germany.

This article uses and cites: Stendel, M.,T. Smith,E. Roeckner,U. Cubasch (2004): ECHAM4_OPYC_SRES_A2:  110 years coupled A2 run 6H values, WDCC. doi:10.1594/WDCC/EH4_OPYC_SRES_A2.