Published October 28, 2025 | Version v1
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Data Citation Practices among CESSDA Service Providers: Monitoring Report 2024-2025

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

Description

This report examines data citation practices among CESSDA Service Providers, guided by the recommendations outlined in the CESSDA Data Citation Guide for data repositories. For each recommendation, current practices are described and complemented by reflections and suggestions aimed at enhancing their implementation. The report provides concrete proposals to assist Service Providers in adopting the recommendations and to guide the future activities of the CESSDA Data Citation Working Group in its efforts to strengthen data citation practices within CESSDA and the broader social science research community. Data collection was conducted between May and September 2024, with a follow-up review in April and May 2025 to support Recommendations 2 and 4, acknowledging the rapid evolution of data citation practices.

Files

CESSDA_DataCitationWG_Data citation practices within CESSDA SPs 2024 2025.pdf