Adventures in data citation: sorghum genome data exemplifies the new gold standard

Scientific progress is driven by the availability of information, which makes it essential that data be broadly, easily and rapidly accessible to researchers in every field. In addition to being good scientific practice, provision of supporting data in a convenient way increases experimental transpa...

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Published in:	BMC research notes 2012-07, Vol.5 (1), p.223-223, Article 223
Main Authors:	Edmunds, Scott C, Pollard, Tom J, Hole, Brian, Basford, Alexandra T
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Charitable foundations Citation indexes Correspondence Genetic research Genome, Plant - genetics Genomes Genomics Genomics - methods Genomics - standards Information Dissemination - methods Information management Information Services - standards Information Services - statistics & numerical data Information Systems - standards Information Systems - statistics & numerical data Publishing - standards Publishing - statistics & numerical data Sorghum Sorghum - genetics
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Summary:	Scientific progress is driven by the availability of information, which makes it essential that data be broadly, easily and rapidly accessible to researchers in every field. In addition to being good scientific practice, provision of supporting data in a convenient way increases experimental transparency and improves research efficiency by reducing unnecessary duplication of experiments. There are, however, serious constraints that limit extensive data dissemination. One such constraint is that, despite providing a major foundation of data to the advantage of entire community, data producers rarely receive the credit they deserve for the substantial amount of time and effort they spend creating these resources. In this regard, a formal system that provides recognition for data producers would serve to incentivize them to share more of their data. The process of data citation, in which the data themselves are cited and referenced in journal articles as persistently identifiable bibliographic entities, is a potential way to properly acknowledge data output. The recent publication of several sorghum genomes in Genome Biology is a notable first example of good data citation practice in the field of genomics and demonstrates the practicalities and formatting required for doing so. It also illustrates how effective use of persistent identifiers can augment the submission of data to the current standard scientific repositories.
ISSN:	1756-0500 1756-0500