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Data	O
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(	O
also	O
data	O
publication	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
act	O
of	O
releasing	O
research	B-General_Concept
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published	O
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for	O
use	O
by	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
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several	O
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ways	O
to	O
make	O
research	B-General_Concept
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,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
publishing	O
a	O
data	B-Application
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the	O
dataset	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
preprint	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
regular	O
journal	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
a	O
data	O
journal	O
that	O
is	O
dedicated	O
to	O
supporting	O
data	B-Application
papers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publishing	O
data	O
allows	O
researchers	O
to	O
both	O
make	O
their	O
data	O
available	O
to	O
others	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
enables	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
cited	O
similarly	O
to	O
other	O
research	O
publication	O
types	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
articles	O
or	O
books	O
)	O
,	O
thereby	O
enabling	O
producers	O
of	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
to	O
gain	O
academic	O
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for	O
their	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
motivations	O
for	O
publishing	O
data	O
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a	O
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make	O
research	O
more	O
accessible	O
,	O
to	O
enable	O
citability	O
of	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
research	O
funder	O
or	O
publisher	O
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that	O
require	O
open	O
data	O
publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
journals	O
and	O
publishers	O
support	O
supplementary	O
material	O
being	O
attached	O
to	O
research	O
articles	O
,	O
including	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
repositories	O
offer	O
a	O
publicly	O
accessible	O
web	O
interface	O
for	O
searching	O
and	O
browsing	O
hosted	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
may	O
include	O
additional	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
digital	O
object	O
identifier	O
,	O
for	O
permanent	O
citation	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
linking	O
to	O
associated	O
published	O
papers	O
and	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-Application
papers	I-Application
or	O
data	O
articles	O
are	O
“	O
scholarly	O
publication	O
of	O
a	O
searchable	O
metadata	O
document	O
describing	O
a	O
particular	O
on-line	O
accessible	O
dataset	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
,	O
published	O
in	O
accordance	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
academic	O
practices	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
intent	O
of	O
a	O
data	B-Application
paper	I-Application
is	O
to	O
offer	O
descriptive	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
related	O
dataset(s )	O
focusing	O
on	O
data	O
collection	O
,	O
distinguishing	O
features	O
,	O
access	O
and	O
potential	O
reuse	O
rather	O
than	O
on	O
data	O
processing	O
and	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
data	B-Application
papers	I-Application
are	O
considered	O
academic	O
publications	O
no	O
different	O
than	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
papers	O
,	O
they	O
allow	O
scientists	O
sharing	O
data	O
to	O
receive	O
credit	O
in	O
currency	O
recognizable	O
within	O
the	O
academic	O
system	O
,	O
thus	O
"	O
making	O
data	B-Application
sharing	I-Application
count	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
data	B-Application
papers	I-Application
represent	O
the	O
scholarly	O
communication	O
approach	O
to	O
data	B-Application
sharing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
their	O
potentiality	O
,	O
data	B-Application
papers	I-Application
are	O
not	O
the	O
ultimate	O
and	O
complete	O
solution	O
for	O
all	O
the	O
data	B-Application
sharing	I-Application
and	O
reuse	O
issues	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
considered	O
to	O
induce	O
false	O
expectations	O
in	O
the	O
research	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-Application
papers	I-Application
are	O
supported	O
by	O
a	O
rich	O
array	O
of	O
data	O
journals	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
"	O
pure	O
"	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
they	O
are	O
dedicated	O
to	O
publish	O
data	B-Application
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only	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
–	O
the	O
majority	O
–	O
are	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
they	O
publish	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
articles	O
types	O
including	O
data	B-Application
papers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
"	O
pure	O
"	O
data	O
journals	O
are	O
:	O
Earth	O
System	O
Science	O
Data	O
,	O
Journal	O
of	O
Open	O
Archaeology	O
Data	O
,	O
Open	O
Health	O
Data	O
,	O
Polar	O
Data	O
Journal	O
,	O
and	O
Scientific	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
journals	O
publishing	O
data	B-Application
papers	I-Application
are	O
:	O
Biodiversity	O
Data	O
Journal	O
,	O
F1000Research	O
,	O
GigaScience	O
,	O
GigaByte	O
,	O
PLOS	O
ONE	O
,	O
and	O
SpringerPlus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
citation	O
is	O
the	O
provision	O
of	O
accurate	O
,	O
consistent	O
and	O
standardised	O
referencing	O
for	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
just	O
as	O
bibliographic	O
citations	O
are	O
provided	O
for	O
other	O
published	O
sources	O
like	O
research	O
articles	O
or	O
monographs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
the	O
well	O
established	O
Digital	O
Object	O
Identifier	O
(	O
DOI	O
)	O
approach	O
is	O
used	O
with	O
DOIs	O
taking	O
users	O
to	O
a	O
website	O
that	O
contains	O
the	O
metadata	O
on	O
the	O
dataset	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
dataset	B-General_Concept
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2018	O
CrossRef	O
expressed	O
its	O
support	O
for	O
cataloging	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
and	O
recommending	O
their	O
citation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
June	O
2019	O
paper	O
suggested	O
that	O
increased	O
data	O
citation	O
will	O
make	O
the	O
practice	O
more	O
valuable	O
for	O
everyone	O
by	O
encouraging	O
data	B-Application
sharing	I-Application
and	O
also	O
by	O
increasing	O
the	O
prestige	O
of	O
people	O
who	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
citation	O
is	O
an	O
emerging	O
topic	O
in	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
and	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
defined	O
as	O
a	O
computational	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indeed	O
,	O
citing	O
data	O
poses	O
significant	O
challenges	O
to	O
computer	B-General_Concept
scientists	I-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
main	O
problems	O
to	O
address	O
are	O
related	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
use	O
of	O
heterogeneous	O
data	O
models	O
and	O
formats	O
–	O
e.g.	O
,	O
relational	O
databases	O
,	O
Comma-Separated	O
Values	O
(	O
CSV	O
)	O
,	O
Extensible	B-Protocol
Markup	I-Protocol
Language	I-Protocol
(	O
XML	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
Resource	O
Description	O
Framework	O
(	O
RDF	O
)	O
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