19th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators 3-5 September 2014 Leiden, The Netherlands

1. Howmanycitationsare therein theData CitationIndex?
D Torres-Salinas, N Robinson-Garcia& E Jiménez-Contreras
EC3ResearchGroup
EC3Metrics
Universityof Granada
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2. Outline
Rationale
Data and citations
Data CitationIndex
Discussion

3. Rationale
“Thedata delugehas arrived.[…] Iftherewardsof thedata delugeare tobereaped, thenresearcherswhoproduce thosedata mustshare them”
Borgman, 2012
Peng, 2011

4. Rationale
“The‘dirtylittlesecret’ behindthepromotionof data sharingisthatnotmuchsharingmaybetakingplace”
Borgman, 2012
“Thelackof recognitionincentives isregardedas a crucial and unresolvedobstacletoestablishinga data sharingculture”
Piwowaret al., 2008

5. Data and citations
“A consistent, rigorousapproachtodata citationislacking”
Parsonset al., 2010
Whatdo wecite?
Data papers<-ScientificData
Data sets<-Data CitationIndex
Original study<-Piwowaret al.

6. Data CitationIndex
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Multidisciplinarydatabaselaunchedin 2012
Itindexes data repositoriesfromallscientificfieldsalongwithcitationdata associatedtothem
Followsanevaluationand selectionprocessat thelevelof repositorybasedon: subject, editorial contentand geographicoriginand scope

7. Data CitationIndex
PUBLICATION TYPES
Data repositoriesa databasecomprisingdatasetsand data studieswhichstoresand providesaccesstotherawdata
Datasetsa single or coherent set of data or a data file provided by the repository, as part of a collection, data study or experiment.
Data studiesdescription of studies or experiments held in repositories with the associated data which have been used in the data study.

8. Data CitationIndex
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Data retrievalin May-June 2013
Analysisbyareas: Science, Engineering& Technology, Social Sciencesand Arts& Humanities
arXiv:1306.6584

9. Data CitationIndex
DATA STUDYEXAMPLES

10. Data CitationIndex
DATA SETEXAMPLES

11. Data CitationIndex
GENERAL INDICATORSAll Document TypesDatasetsData studiesTotal Citations404,211294,051106,895Total Records2,623,5282,468,736154,674Uncited Records2,311,5532,185,062126,428% Uncited88.1188.5181.74Citation Average0.150.120.69Standard Desviation3.060.369.56

12. Data CitationIndex
REPOSITORIES BY AREAEngineering & Technology1Science67Social Sciences19Humanities & Arts9

13. Datasets Citat ions Data studies Citat ions
Engineering & Technology 1545 890 240 26
Humanit ies & Arts 44588 1 6847 20459
Science 2004449 293193 114338 26189
Social Sciences 424952 7 37855 69659
Data Citation Index
RECORDS AND CITATIONS BY AREA AND TYPE

14. Data CitationIndex
TOP 10 CATEGORIES HIGHLY CITED FOR DATASETS0.000.501.001.500% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% CrystallographyBiochemistry & Mol. BiologyGenetics & HeredityGeosciencesPhysics, Atomic, MolecularEvolutionary BiologyCell BiologySpectroscopyMedical Laboratory Tech. Nanoscience & Nanotech. Citation average andstandard deviation% of total citations from DCI 47% 23% 16%

15. Data CitationIndex
TOP 10 CATEGORIES HIGHLY CITED FOR DATA STUDIES051015202530350% 10% 20% 30% SociologyDemographyEconomicsBusinessPolitical ScienceBiochemistry & Mol. BiologyGenetics & HeredityHealth Care SciencesCriminology & PenologyFamily StudiesCitation average andstandard deviation% of total citations from DCI 30%

16. Data CitationIndex
MAIN REPOSITORIES IN THE DCI, CITATIONS & RECORDS 0200004000060000800001000001200001400001600000100000200000300000400000500000600000700000MiRBaseGene Expression UniProt knowledgebaseCrystallography Open DatabaseU.S. Census Bureau TIGERProteinData BankArrayExpress ArchivePANGEAUK DATAARCHIVEInter-university Consortium for Political and Social ResearchAnimal QTL Database TotalNumber of citations in the Data Citation Index TotalNumber of records indexed the Data Citation IndexSize= Total CitationsPie Chart= % of citationsLEGEND

17. Discussion
I.Highrateof uncitedness(88%)
II.BiasedtowardstheHardSciences
III.Data sets vs. Data studies(TwoCultures?)
IV.Toosoonortoopresumptious?

18. THANK YOUD Torres-Salinastorressalinas@gmail.comN Robinson-Garciaelrobin@ugr.esE Jiménez Contrerasevaristo@ugr.es
19th International ConferenceonScienceand TechnologyIndicators
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