When reusing or referring to your published research data in journal articles, conference papers, news articles, etc, you are encouraged to provide a full citation referring readers to the location of your original data. Citation allows other researchers to identify your data and acknowledge it, promote the reproduction of your results, and allows the impact and use of data to be tracked. Where data repositories allow, it is beneficial to include a recommended citation based on your preferred referencing style that includes the authors, year of publication, title, publisher, and identifier (e.g., DOI).
Persistent identifiers (PIDs) such as a DOI, Handle, ARK, and PURL, can be assigned to datasets or other research objects to enhance their longevity. A PID consists of a unique identifier and a service that ensures the correct path to the object, even if its location changes over time. PIDs contribute to findability, persistence, and authenticity of digital research objects, facilitating interoperability across collections and repositories. Researchers commonly use PIDs to cite datasets and other research outputs in academic and other publications.
Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) make your research output easily identifiable and accessible through an easily managed persistent link. It also means those that access and use the research output will be easily able to cite it in their works.
A DOI will be automatically generated for research datasets and grey literature (conference papers, book chapters, reports, theses) published on Federation.figshare, and you won’t need to contact us.