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Data Management

Resources and tips to help you securely preserve, share, license, and create metadata for your data, plus writing a data management plan and citing data.

Data citation elements

  • Creator or author of the data set: Name(s) of each individual or organizational entity responsible for the creation of the dataset.

  • Publication date: Year the dataset was published or disseminated.

  • Title: Complete title of the dataset, including the edition or version number, if applicable.

  • Publisher and/or distributor: Organizational entity that makes the dataset available by archiving, producing, publishing, and/or distributing the dataset.

  • Electronic location or identifier: A unique identifier of the dataset, such as a DOI or a link to the dataset.

(Adapted with modifications from the Quick Guide to Data Citation by iassistdata.org)

Data citation format

Creator (Publication Year):
Title. Version. Publisher. Identifier.