Open AccessData Sets Are Foundational to Research. Why Don’t We Cite Them?
Author(s) -
S. K. Santhana Vannan,
Robert B. Downs,
W. R. Meier,
Bruce E. Wilson,
Irina Gerasimov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo151665
Subject(s) - epistemology , computer science , mathematics education , calculus (dental) , data science , mathematics , philosophy , medicine , dentistry
The lack of clear references to and descriptions of data sets in published literature limits the usefulness of data, as well as the reproducibility and credibility of scientific findings.