Project Goals The Data Citation Corpus is part of the Make Data Count initiative which coordinates and advocates for robust infrastructure and guidelines for data citation and data usage and works to advance the adoption of best practices across research communities and platforms. The initiative has three main areas of focus:
- Open infrastructure to enable the evaluation of data reuse
- Outreach to drive awareness and adoption of open data metrics
- Evidence on the reuse and impact of open data through collaboration with bibliometricians
The Data Citation Corpus is specifically committed to advancing the development and adoption of open data metrics to facilitate the evaluation and acknowledgment of research data reuse and impact. The corpus aims to enable different stakeholders – including funders and institutions – to evaluate the reach of open datasets produced and shared by researchers, and facilitate large-scale analyses to build evidence on data usage practices across institutions and disciplines. The current roadmap is designed to enhance the visibility and recognition of data.
