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Published March 18, 2025 | Version 1-0
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CESSDA Recommendations on Data Citation: Practical Recommendations for Key Stakeholders

Creators

  • 1. ROR icon FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences
  • 2. ROR icon Swedish National Data Service
  • 3. ROR icon University of Tampere
  • 4. ROR icon Sikt – Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research
  • 5. ROR icon University of Ljubljana
  • 6. ROR icon Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology

Contributors

Project leader:

  • 1. ROR icon Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives
  • 2. ROR icon FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences
  • 3. ROR icon University of Tampere
  • 4. ROR icon Swedish National Data Service
  • 5. ROR icon GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences
  • 6. ROR icon National Centre for Social research
  • 7. ROR icon University of Ljubljana
  • 8. ROR icon Czech Social Science Data Archive
  • 9. ROR icon Sikt – Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research
  • 10. ROR icon UK Data Service

Description

This document presents the CESSDA recommendations for data citations, outlining core components of a data citation. It provides specific and practical recommendations tailored to various stakeholders:

  1. Data repositories
  2. Authors (i.e., researchers, students, journalists, etc.)
  3. Academic journals and publishers
  4. Research performing organisations (RPOs)
  5. High-level research policy and strategy development entities
  6. Ethics committees

Developed by the CESSDA Data Citation Working Group, this document represents a collaborative effort to promote best practices in data citation, ensuring transparency, reproducibility, and credit for data authors.

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