Data Citation Index
Connecting data to the research it informs
Increasing transparency, attribution, and accountability
Launched in 2012, the Data Citation Index on Web of Science provides descriptive records for data objects and links them to literature articles on the platform. Data Citation Index aims to provide a clearer picture of the full impact of research output and serve as a significant tool for data attribution and discovery.
Locate open data to advance your research faster
Share and promote the results of funded projects
Demonstrate the full impact of research output
Bring data sets into your research workflow
Connect research data to published articles
Follow citation links between data and journal literature to understand how a data set has influenced other projects. Quickly identify which papers connect you to associated data with filters and tags.
Streamline discovery
Search across millions of standardized records for data sets, studies, and software from hundreds of evaluated repositories in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Download and reference data
Over 95% of data meeting Data Citation Index’s selection criteria is open—quickly access data sets with direct links to repositories from each record.
Why should data be part of my literature search?
Due in large part to government mandates to make research data freely accessible, there are increasing numbers of data repositories being created worldwide and filled with data by researchers. As part of your literature search, data will provide a more comprehensive picture of the research being undertaken in your topic or field.
The benefits of data are clear: data can be used by other researchers with different objectives, results can be reproduced more easily and accurately, researchers receive the credit they’re due, and data producers have a new channel by which to promote their work.
The links between data sets and published research in the Web of Science allow researchers to discover relevant research data, while those collecting and depositing data can measure the impact of their work.
