Presented at the 5th Plenary of the Research Data Alliance in the Interest Group RDA/WDS Publishing Data (10 March 2015)

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Research Data Explored:
Two Studies on Data
Citation & Usage
Peter Kraker
IG RDA/WDS Publishing Data,
RDA 5th Plenary Meeting, San Diego

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Meet the Project Team
Isabella Peters
ZBW Leibniz Information Centre
for Economics
Elisabeth Lex
Graz University of Technology
Juan Gorraiz
University of Vienna
Christian Gumpenberger
University of Vienna
Peter Kraker
Know-Center

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Citations vs. Altmetrics - Data Citation Index (DCI)
Basic analysis for all items published from 1960-2014
(n=3,966,019); detailed analysis for all items with 2+ citations
(n=10,934)
Online at http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.03342
The Anatomy of figshare
Basic analysis for all items until 12/2014 (n=1,092,808);
detailed analysis for all datasets and filesets (n=266,961)
Online at http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.01298
Data online at:
http://figshare.com/articles/Figshare_Public_Metadata_until_
02_12_2014/1320834
Two Large-Scale Studies:
Research Data Explored I & II

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Publishing Data is the New Black (DCI)
0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-2009 2010-2014
Items in DCI per decade (n=3,966,019)

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Publishing Research Materials is the New Black
(figshare)
Document types per year in figshare; 2006-2013 (n=818,108 items)

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High Level of Uncitedness in DCI
PY Items uncited % uncited
2000 28282 18152 64.18%
2001 36397 25367 69.70%
2002 64781 51464 79.44%
2003 115997 93538 80.64%
2004 141065 122802 87.05%
2005 212781 178146 83.72%
2006 299443 275216 91.91%
2007 362405 333136 91.92%
2008 398931 364236 91.30%
2009 435941 394099 90.40%
2010 390957 349623 89.43%
2011 270932 224790 82.97%
2012 492534 428752 87.05%
2013 448489 386507 86.18%
2014 24756 19556 78.99%
Evolution of uncitedness in DCI in the last 14 years (n=3,723,691 items)

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Large Share of figshare Datasets Have Never Been
Used
Distribution of view and download frequencies among datasets and
filesets in figshare on a logarithmic scale (n=266,961 items)

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Very Little Traces of Altmetrics Recorded for
Research Data (figshare)
Altmetrics scores for top items in ImpactStory (n=455 items)
and PlumX (n=757 items)

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No figshare item in DCI has more than one citation
All figshare items are categorized under
“Miscellaneous” in DCI
90% of figshare content is provided by PLOS
That Was Unexpected!

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Thank you for your
attention!
Dr. Peter Kraker
pkraker@know-center.at
http://science20.wordpress.com
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