Datacite and the International Association of STM Publishers Statement on the Linkability and Citability of Research Data

Datacite and the International Association of STM Publishers announce best practice recommendations the two organizations are endorsing to make research data easier to find, link to, re-­use and cite.

Recent years have shown an exponential growth in the volume of available research data. Most stakeholders across the spectrum of researchers funders, librarians and publishers agree about the benefits of having researcher validated research data available and
findable for reuse by others. Still, the current estimates about research data are that approximately 70 percent are never shared and remain on personal computers or hard disks of the researchers or at best their department at the institute.

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