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User:Pittauer

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🌸 [mailto:daniela.ransby@awi.de '''Dr. Dana Ransby''']</br>
PANGAEA Data Editor for AWI

PangaeaWiki:About

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'''PANGAEA Wiki''' is the dynamic PANGAEA manual for data managers, curators and users. It should be used as a central place for any help, FAQs and discussions of general interest. Data curators are encouraged to add new articles or modify existing ones.

* The wiki is operated by [[User:Uwe_Schindler|Uwe Schindler]].
* For questions related to the content use the [https://www.pangaea.de/contact/ contact form].

User:Sschumacher

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[mailto:stefanie.schumacher@awi.de '''Dr. Stefanie Schumacher''']

Alfred-Wegener-Institut</br>
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar und Meeresforschung</br>
klußmannstraße 3</br>
D-27570 Bremerhaven</br>

phone: +49 471 4831 1167

personal home: http://www.awi.de/People/show?sschumac</br>
ORCID Author-ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8310-9743
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* Editor-In-Chief of PANGAEA
* Definition of new [[parameter]]s in Pangaea
* Support and supervision of data [[curator]]s
* Curation of DSDP/ODP/IODP post-cruise data ([[Project_data_management/IODP]])
* Curation of ongoing data submissions

User:Mdiepenbroek

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[mailto:mdiepenbroek@pangaea.de '''Michael Diepenbroek''']

MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen, Germany

phone: +49 421 218 65590
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* System manager of PANGAEA

User:Uschindler

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== Uwe 👮 Schindler ==
* MARUM - University of Bremen, Mary-Somerville-Straße 2-4, D-28359 Bremen
* phone +49 421 218 65595
* mobile +49 179 1224881
* mailto:uschindler@pangaea.de

== Responsibilities ==

Web services, [[web server]], system management, [[domains]], [[middleware]], [[PangaeaWiki:About|{{SITENAME}}]]

== Bio (first posted on [http://markmail.org/message/klznohkgwxtkq5j3 Lucene Mailing list)] ==

I am 36 years old, born in southern Germany (Bamberg). I studied physics at
University Erlangen-Nürnberg and graduated in 2004. Since 1996 I was working
in parallel for PANGAEA (Publishing Network for Geological and Environmental
Data, http://www.pangaea.de/, it is a library for data
publications) as software designer. In 1996 I was one of the early persons
started to program Java applets with JDK 1.0.2 (one of them is still
available on the PANGAEA homepage, [[ART]]) and since then I used Java as my primary
programming language.

Since end of 2004, I am working full-time for PANGAEA, employed at the
Center for Marine Environmental Sciences belonging to the University of
Bremen, where I live now (and trying to get a PhD in parallel). My
primary business is now design and development of the fundamental middleware
components for PANGAEA. In 2004 we started to use full-text search engines
for metadata search. We noticed early, that geographical information systems
can take advantage of full text engines, but that search using geographical
constraints is also important. Our first FTS was embedded into our backend
database (at this time PostgreSQL), so it was possible to do joins between the FTS and
relational tables. Looking for a better solution, I came to Lucene. In
2005-2006 I started a new Open Source Project called [[panFMP]] (PANGAEA
Framework for Metadata Portals, http://www.panfmp.org/),
that uses Lucene for full text indexing and enriched Lucene with the
TrieRangeQuery. panFMP is a little bit like Solr, but at the time when the
project started, Solr was not well-known to the community. [[PanFMP]] uses a
little bit different metadata approach and uses the harvesting approach
(OAI-PMH), but is comparable.

Since 2003 I am also working in the PHP (http://www.php.net/) development crew, maintaining the
web server plug-in for Sun Java System Web Servers (my favourite web
server). I also have a small one-man software-company called "Schindlers
Software" (http://www.schindlers-software.de). My (IT) interests are Lucene, XML techniques, Data
Warehousing, Sensor Networks, metadata dissemination using global standards,
global unique identifiers like DOIs,...

== Lucene Presentation ==
* http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/lucene/java-user/90174
* http://www.heise.de/ix/meldung/Suchmaschine-Lucene-3-raeumt-auf-Update-869645.html
* http://www.golem.de/0911/71491.html
* http://freshmeat.net/projects/lucene

User:Hgrobe

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[mailto:hgrobe@pangaea.de '''Dr. Hannes Grobe''']

Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

phone: +49 471 4831 1220

personal home: http://www.awi.de/People/show?hgrobe
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* Editor-in-chief of PANGAEA
* Contact for [[project]] cooperation
* Definition of new [[project]]s in Pangaea
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Hannes Grobe is a marine geologist and the chief-editor for data publications in PANGAEA. After his diploma in geology/paleontology at the Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel in 1982, he joined the maiden voyage of the research vessel Polarstern to the Antarctic. The sampling material was used for a Ph.D. thesis about paleoclimate reconstructions (http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.11657). The thesis was followed by a three year period as a post-doc research scientist at the Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI). From 1989 to 1991 he was head of the public relation office of AWI. Since than he participated as a senior scientist in 15 expeditions to both polar hemispheres. Within the AWI geosciences infrastructure he is responsible for the POLARSTERN core repository and related laboratory facilities.

In 1986, Grobe realized the lack of a common database for geoscientific investigations. It was the start for the development and finaly the implementation of a repository for the various data from earth system research. The system PANGAEA is available to the international scientific community since the opening of the Internet. It was the first system allowing full referencing of data sets including a [[DOI]] (Digital Object Identifier). In 1995 Grobe founded the ''World Data Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (WDC-MARE)'' as part of the ICSU system and established the CD/journal ''WDC-MARE Reports''. Since 2010 he is editor-in-chief of the Pangaea Data Publisher.

Project data management/OA-ICC

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== Abstract ==

The uptake of anthropogenic CO<sub>2</sub> by the oceans leads to a rise in the oceanic partial pressure of CO<sub>2</sub> (''p''CO<sub>2</sub>), a decrease in ocean pH (the so-called ocean acidification), and a decrease in ocean carbonate ion concentration. Numerous papers report the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and communities, but in inconsistent units or scales. Sometimes, data not relevant for the paper but possibly relevant for comparative studies are not included in the publications. Hence direct comparison of results of different studies has often been difficult.

In response to this problem, a data compilation on the biological response to ocean acidification was launched in 2008 by the EU projects [http://www.eur-oceans.eu EUR-OCEANS] and [http://www.epoca-project.eu EPOCA]. This effort ended in 2012 with the end of EPOCA but is now resuming in the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) project '''Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre''' ([http://www.iaea.org/ocean-acidification OA-ICC]).

== What kind of data is included in the data compilation of the Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre ([http://www.iaea.org/ocean-acidification OA-ICC])? ==

The OA-ICC data compilation includes data from published papers studying the '''biological response to ocean acidification'''. In order to be included in the compilation, the papers must contain information on at least two variables of the carbonate system as well as salinity and temperature. The carbonate chemistry for all data sets has been recalculated using the [http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=seacarb R package seacarb]. All the datasets of the OA-ICC and the EPOCA/EUROCEANS compilation (2008- 2012) have been given the tag “Ocean Acidification International Coordinate Centre ([http://www.iaea.org/ocean-acidification OA-ICC])” in the data library [http://www.pangaea.de PANGAEA®] - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science operated by [http://www.awi.de Alfred Wegener Institute] in Bremerhaven, Germany (shown under the '''[http://www.pangaea.de/projects/ Project table]''').

== How to search the data compilation ==

Go to '''[http://oa-icc.ipsl.fr/ Data portal]''' of the [http://www.iaea.org/ocean-acidification OA-ICC] webpage or to [http://www.pangaea.de PANGAEA®] - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science

[[Image:Example.jpg|thumb|Figure 1- Screenshot of simple search on the Pangaea webpage]]

'''Simple search'''

Enter the title of papers, authors or the project name “OA-ICC” in the search field and click on the Search button to get a list of datasets (fig. 1). The simple search is operating like Google. Then filter these datasets by clicking “OA-ICC” under '''Project''' in the facetted search which are shown on the left column of the webpage. You can further filter these datasets by Dataset Author, Dataset Publication Year and Location using the facetted search or by Temporal coverage and Geographic coverage using the map on the right column of the webpage (fig. 2).

Examples:
Search: calcification and filter by Project: OA-ICC
This will give you datasets including the word calcification anywhere (title, abstract, parameter name)

[[Image:Screenshot of advanced search on the OA-ICC webpage.jpg|thumb|Figure 2- Screenshot of facetted search on the Pangaea webpage]]

'''Advanced search'''

Enter following words in the search field to refine the results of simple search and then filter these datasets by clicking “OA-ICC” under Project in the facetted search. Please note there is no space after “:”.

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Examples:
Search: parameter:calcification AND dataset Author:Comeau, then filter by Project: OA-ICC
This will give you datasets including parameters with calcification in parameter name and Comeau in the list of authors.

== Data description ==
[[Image:Dataset of Yamamoto, S et al. (2012) on Pangaea.jpg|thumb|Figure 3- Dataset example]]

Example: Yamamoto, S et al. (2012), [http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.820200 doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.820200]. See figure 3.

1. The [[DOI]] of the ''[[data set]]'' is given in the “Citation” field. If the registration of the [[DOI]] is not completed, “DOI registration in progress” will be mentioned. The [[reference]] and [[DOI]] of the ''paper'' can be found after “Supplement to”.

2. Information under the “Comment” field explains why and when the carbonate chemistry was recalculated by [http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=seacarb seacarb].

3. “Further detail” is the reference of the [http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=seacarb R package seacarb] which is used to recalculate the carbonate chemistry.

4. If data were previously published in PANGAEA or another database (e.g. BODC) with a DOI, the link to the original data is shown in the “Original version” field. If data were published without a [[DOI]], the link to the original data is shown in the “Other version” field.

5. Seacarb calculation [[parameter]]s are flagged by the [[method]] [http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-2-167-2010 ''Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010)''] and [[PI]]'s name is the responsible Ocean Acidification Data [[Curator]]

== Visualize and download data ==

1. Data can be shown on the web page by clicking '''View dataset as HTML'''.

2. Click '''Download dataset as tab-delimited text''' button and save the data file in local disk. The data file can be open using a text editor or any spreadsheet program such as Excel or OpenOffice.

3. The software [http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.288115 Pan2Applic] can be used to download many data sets at once. Detailed guidance of this tool is available [http://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Pan2Applic here]

== Contact ==
Data management
* ''Frédéric Gazeau'', Observatoire Océanologique, Laboratoire d'Océanographie, Villefranche-sur-mer, France, mailto:frederic.gazeau@imev-mer.fr
* ''Yan Yang'', Data Curator, State Key Lab of Marine Environmental Science (Xiamen University), China, mailto:yangyan@xmu.edu.cn

[http://www.pangaea.de PANGAEA®] - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
* ''Stefanie Schumacher'', Editor-in-Chief, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany. mailto:info@pangaea.de

== Links ==
* [[Talk:Project_data_management/OA-ICC]] Curator-Guide - login required

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please read our''' [[Authors Guides]]''' before submitting.<br>

If models were involved in the generation of your data, please read "[[Model data and PANGAEA]]" first.

Support the data publication with our generic and research field specific "'''[[Best practice manuals and templates]]"''' that help to provide important meta-information and to structure your data.

For backgrounds and details, have a look at [https://www.youtube.com/@pangaeadatapublisher our Youtube channel] including footage of our latest PANGAEA Community Workshops. Or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bJfSuAukTQ Submission video] [[File:PANGAEA_main_www2.png|middle|frameless|upright=0.1|link=|alt=]]

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* [[PANGAEA Search]] (also explained in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDw6dPM16xQ one of our videos]) [[Image:PANGAEA main page FAIR F_.jpg|right|60px]]
* [[PANGAEA XML schema]]

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* [[FAQ]] [[Image:PANGAEA_main_page_long_info2.png|right|45px]]
* [[Data policy]]
* PANGAEA [[Data model]]
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* Dataset [[Status|Status and registration status]]
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* [https://www.pangaea.de/projects/ Project data catalogue] [[File:PANGAEA_main_www2.png|middle|frameless|upright=0.1|link=|alt=]]
* [[Station lists]] (German research vessels)
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Citation

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==Why is the correct citation of datasets important?==
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✔ Always include the dataset in the reference list<br>
✔ Always use the official DOI (https://doi.org/…)<br>
❌ Do not cite the non-persistent link (https://doi.pangaea.de/...)
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Citing datasets is fundamental to good scientific practice ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 Stall et al. 2023]). It gives proper credit to your own work as well as to the work of others, while also increasing the reproducibility of results and, in turn, trust in research (see also [https://datacite.org/cite-your-data.html DataCite: Why cite data?]). Proper citation also ensures that laboratory and support staff receive due recognition for their contributions to the measurements, even if they were not directly involved in the manuscripts derived from the data.

With the growing importance of open data, dataset citation has also become a central element of the scientific reward system. Citation metrics, increasingly provided by platforms such as DataCite, only function when datasets are cited correctly. By listing datasets in the reference section, you help ensure they are indexed, discoverable, and counted toward scholarly metrics.

==Best practice for citing data==

PANGAEA publishes datasets in much the same way that scientific journals publish articles. For this reason, PANGAEA datasets should be cited formally and consistently, just like other publications. Citations should '''always appear in the reference list''' of any publication that uses the data.

PANGAEA’s citation practices follow international recommendations and guidelines ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 Stall et al., 2023]), reflecting the growing recognition of data as a fundamental resource for scientific research.

On the landing page of each dataset, the suggested citation is displayed at the top. The citation can be copied or exported in the preferred format using the copy or export buttons below the title. Further buttons enable sharing the reference via social media.

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Citation tools (copy and export citation) located below the dataset reference.
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Please note that '''citation of datasets ''"in review"'' should be avoided''' (''see further information
[[Citation#Citation of datasets "in review" should be avoided|''below'']]).''

In addition to citing individual datasets, it is strongly recommended to acknowledge PANGAEA as the data publisher, for instance in the method or data availability section. The following publication, authored by the PANGAEA team, describes the repository, data archiving workflow, and its infrastructure:<blockquote>'''Felden, Janine; Möller, Lars; Schindler, Uwe; Huber, Robert; Schumacher, Stefanie; Koppe, Roland; Diepenbroek, Michael; Glöckner, Frank Oliver (2023):''' PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. ''Sci Data'' '''10''', 347 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x</blockquote>Citing PANGAEA is optional but highly appreciated, as it supports the maintenance and development of the service.

== Where and how to cite datasets ==

Every dataset citation has 2 parts:

* Full citation → reference list
* Short citation → in-text

=== 1. Full citations in the reference list ===
The reference list of a publication should include '''full citations for all datasets used'''. This enables automated attribution and credit through Crossref’s [https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/ Event Data].

==== a) Standalone datasets ====
[[PANGAEA publication types|Standalone datasets]] are self-contained data publications that are not part of a larger collection.

'''Example citations:'''<blockquote>'''Timofeeva, Anna; Smolyanitsky, Vasily M; Bessonov, Vladimir; Petrovskiy, Tomash (2020):''' Special sea ice observations aboard Akademik Fedorov MOSAiC leg 1, 2019-09-25 to 2019-10-20 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021</blockquote><blockquote>'''Bauch, Dorothea; Meyer, Hanno; Damm, Ellen; D'Angelo, Alessandra; Mellat, Moein; Granskog, Mats A; Weiner, Mikaela; Marent, Andreas (2024):''' Stable water isotopes of sea ice at biogeochemistry sites (BGC) and Main Coring Sites (MCS) during MOSAiC expedition, leg 1 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.971330.</blockquote>

==== b) Bundled publications and publication series (Dependent Collections) ====
Some datasets are part of [[PANGAEA publication types|Dependent Collections]], which distinguish between the overall dataset Collection and Member datasets:

* A Collection provides the overarching framework and context but contains no data.
* Member datasets are the individual, data-bearing datasets within a Collection.

For Dependent Collections, either the Collection is cited - which is usually sufficient - or individual member datasets are cited when there is a need to refer explicitly to a specific subset. In the latter case, member datasets are always cited in the context of the Collection they belong to, similar to citing a chapter within a book.

'''Example citations:'''

'''Collection:'''<blockquote>'''Zabel, Matthias (2022):''' Pore water and solid phase data from deep-sea trench sediments [dataset bundled publication]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947269</blockquote>

'''Member dataset:'''<blockquote>'''Zabel, Matthias (2022):''' Pore water analyses of sediment core GeoB16426-1 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947262</nowiki>, ''In:'' '''Zabel, M (2022):''' Pore water and solid phase data from deep-sea trench sediments [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947269</blockquote>

==== c) Editorial Publications and Bibliographies (Independent Collections) ====
[[PANGAEA publication types|Independent Collections]] group datasets that can be used and cited independently. Individual datasets may belong to multiple collections.

'''Example citations:'''<blockquote>'''Eisen, Olaf; Steinhage, Daniel; Franke, Steven; Helm, Veit; Binder, Tobias; Drews, Reinhard; Eagles, Graeme; Humbert, Angelika; Jansen, Daniela; Jokat, Wilfried; Lambrecht, Astrid; Mieth, Matthias; Riedel, Sven; Miller, Heinrich (2024):''' Collection of datasets from AWI's radio-echo sounding systems on ice sheets and glaciers [dataset bibliography]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.972094</blockquote>

=== 2. In-text citations (Author-year format) ===

==== a) Main part of a publication (e.g., methods or results sections) ====
In the body of a publication, datasets should be cited in the '''author-year format (Authors, YYYY)''', just like journal articles and other publications, and '''must be accompanied by a full entry in the reference list'''.

'''Example:'''<blockquote>This study makes use of observational data from MOSAiC leg 1 (Timofeeva et al., 2020, Bauch et al., 2024), both datasets being published via the data publisher PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (see Felden et al., 2023 for a description of the repository)</blockquote>

==== b) Data availability statements ====
A data availability statement is written for the reader and clearly states where the supporting datasets and any relevant software are located, as well as details about accessibility. In accordance with the recommendations in Stall et al. ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 2023]) and the [https://data.agu.org/resources/availability-citation-checklist-for-authors AGU Availability and Citation Checklist for Authors], the statement should include an '''in-text citation in author-year format''' (authors, YYYY), '''along with a full reference list entry''' and key information about the datasets. Authors should provide a brief description of the data, the repository name, persistent identifiers (DOIs), and licensing or access conditions.

'''Example:'''<blockquote>The data supporting this study include observational sea ice records (Timofeeva et al., 2020; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021) and geochemical porewater analyses (Bauch et al., 2024; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956325). Both datasets are openly available through PANGAEA – Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (Felden et al., 2023; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x). Data are licensed under CC-BY and accessible without restrictions.</blockquote>

== Structure of a dataset citations ==

=== Required elements ===
A complete dataset citation should contain the following elements:
* Authors (creators)
* Year of publication
* Title of dataset
* [[PANGAEA publication types|Type]] of dataset publication (e.g., ''"Dataset", "Publication series", "Bundled publication", "Editorial publication" or "Dataset bibliography"'')
* Publisher (e.g., PANGAEA)
* Persistent identifier (DOI)

=== General Citation Format ===
'''Creator (PublicationYear):''' Title [type]. ''Publisher,'' Identifier

'''Example:'''<blockquote>'''Timofeeva, Anna; Smolyanitsky, Vasily; Bessonov, Vladimir; Petrovskiy, Tomash (2020):''' Special sea ice observations aboard Akademik Fedorov MOSAiC leg 1, 2019-09-25 to 2019-10-20 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021</blockquote>

== Citation of datasets ''"in review"'' should be avoided ==
Data that are still under review are not yet considered published entities and therefore should not be cited. Such datasets are not persistent because they may change or become unavailable. In practice, this means that:

* they are usually accessible only to contributing authors after logging in to PANGAEA, and

* they may be modified or even deleted during the review process.

Metadata of datasets under review is already displayed and findable on the PANGAEA website, but they contain a '''preliminary link''' ("...doi.pangaea.de") that can only be resolved with the PANGAEA DOI resolver and be easily confused with the final and persistent DOI (...doi.org..) . '''Please avoid using the preliminary link for citation.'''

The '''preliminary link can be recognized''' by the following format:<blockquote><nowiki>https://doi</nowiki>.'''pangaea.de'''/10.1594/PANGAEA.XXXXXX (''XXXXXX = DataSetID'')</blockquote>It can only be resolved by the PANGAEA DOI resolver. Once the review process is finished, the link will take the final form, corresponding to the '''citable DOI''':<blockquote><nowiki>https://doi</nowiki>.'''org'''/10.1594/PANGAEA.XXXXXX (''XXXXXX = DataSetID'')</blockquote>

== Further reading ==
PANGAEA follows the '''[https://datacite.org/why-cite-data.html DataCite recommendations]''' and the '''''Author Preparation'' guidelines''' of '''Stall et al. ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 2023])''' that includes information on datasets and software citation in research articles, how to structure these citations and provide information on selecting the best possible scientific repositories to use for data and software, and what information to put in an Availability Statement.

== References: ==
* '''Stall, S., Bilder, G., Cannon, M. et al. (2023)''': Journal Production Guidance for Software and Data Citations. ''Scientific Data'', '''10''', 656. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7
* '''Felden, J.; Möller, L.; Schindler, U.; Huber, R.; Schumacher, S.; Koppe, R.; Diepenbroek, M.; Glöckner, F. O. (2023)''': PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. ''Sci Data'' 10, 347 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x
* DataCite. [https://datacite.org/why-cite-data.html Why cite data]
* Crossref. [https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/ Event Data]
* [https://data.agu.org/resources/availability-citation-checklist-for-authors AGU ''Availability and Citation Checklist for Authors'']

Citation

2026-03-31T13:04:43Z

Pittauer: rm review from checkbox

==Why is the correct citation of datasets important?==
{{Box
| title = 📌 How to cite a PANGAEA dataset in a nutshell
| content =
<ol>
<li>Go to the dataset landing page</li>
<li>Copy the <b>suggested citation</b> at the top</li>
<li>Paste it into your <b>reference list</b></li>
<li>Cite it in the text as <b>(Author, Year)</b></li>
</ol>

<p>
✔ Always include the dataset in the reference list<br>
✔ Always use the DOI (https://doi.org/…)
</p>
}}

Citing datasets is fundamental to good scientific practice ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 Stall et al. 2023]). It gives proper credit to your own work as well as to the work of others, while also increasing the reproducibility of results and, in turn, trust in research (see also [https://datacite.org/cite-your-data.html DataCite: Why cite data?]). Proper citation also ensures that laboratory and support staff receive due recognition for their contributions to the measurements, even if they were not directly involved in the manuscripts derived from the data.

With the growing importance of open data, dataset citation has also become a central element of the scientific reward system. Citation metrics, increasingly provided by platforms such as DataCite, only function when datasets are cited correctly. By listing datasets in the reference section, you help ensure they are indexed, discoverable, and counted toward scholarly metrics.

==Best practice for citing data==

PANGAEA publishes datasets in much the same way that scientific journals publish articles. For this reason, PANGAEA datasets should be cited formally and consistently, just like other publications. Citations should '''always appear in the reference list''' of any publication that uses the data.

<div style="float:right; width:30%; margin:0 0 1em 1em; border:1px solid #a2c4c9; background:#eef7f8; padding:12px; border-radius:6px;">
[[File:Citation_tools.png|frameless|upright=1.1]]
<div style="font-size:90%; margin-top:6px;">
Citation tools (copy and export citation) located below the dataset reference.
</div>
</div>

PANGAEA’s citation practices follow international recommendations and guidelines ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 Stall et al., 2023]), reflecting the growing recognition of data as a fundamental resource for scientific research.

On the landing page of each dataset, the suggested citation is displayed at the top. The citation can be copied or exported in the preferred format using the copy or export buttons below the title. Further buttons enable sharing the reference via social media.

Please note that '''citation of datasets ''"in review"'' should be avoided''' (''see further information below).''

In addition to citing individual datasets, it is strongly recommended to acknowledge PANGAEA as the data publisher, for instance in the method or data availability section. The following publication, authored by the PANGAEA team, describes the repository, data archiving workflow, and its infrastructure:<blockquote>'''Felden, Janine; Möller, Lars; Schindler, Uwe; Huber, Robert; Schumacher, Stefanie; Koppe, Roland; Diepenbroek, Michael; Glöckner, Frank Oliver (2023):''' PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. ''Sci Data'' '''10''', 347 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x</blockquote>Citing PANGAEA is optional but highly appreciated, as it supports the maintenance and development of the service.
== Where and how to cite datasets ==

Every dataset citation has 2 parts:

* Full citation → reference list
* Short citation → in-text

=== 1. Full citations in the reference list ===
The reference list of a publication should include '''full citations for all datasets used'''. This enables automated attribution and credit through Crossref’s [https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/ Event Data].

==== a) Standalone datasets ====
[[PANGAEA publication types|Standalone datasets]] are self-contained data publications that are not part of a larger collection.

'''Example citations:'''<blockquote>'''Timofeeva, Anna; Smolyanitsky, Vasily M; Bessonov, Vladimir; Petrovskiy, Tomash (2020):''' Special sea ice observations aboard Akademik Fedorov MOSAiC leg 1, 2019-09-25 to 2019-10-20 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021</blockquote><blockquote>'''Bauch, Dorothea; Meyer, Hanno; Damm, Ellen; D'Angelo, Alessandra; Mellat, Moein; Granskog, Mats A; Weiner, Mikaela; Marent, Andreas (2024):''' Stable water isotopes of sea ice at biogeochemistry sites (BGC) and Main Coring Sites (MCS) during MOSAiC expedition, leg 1 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.971330.</blockquote>

==== b) Bundled publications and publication series (Dependent Collections) ====
Some datasets are part of [[PANGAEA publication types|Dependent Collections]], which distinguish between Parents and Child datasets:

* A Parent provides the overarching collection and context but contains no data.
* Child datasets are the individual, data-bearing datasets within a Parent.

In the case of Dependent collections, citing the Parent is sufficient. Individual child datasets should only be cited when there is a need to refer explicitly to a specific subset. Childs are always cited in relation to the Parent, similar to citing a chapter within a book.

'''Example citations:'''

'''Parent:'''<blockquote>'''Zabel, Matthias (2022):''' Pore water and solid phase data from deep-sea trench sediments [dataset bundled publication]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947269</blockquote>

'''Child:'''<blockquote>'''Zabel, Matthias (2022):''' Pore water analyses of sediment core GeoB16426-1 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947262</nowiki>, ''In:'' '''Zabel, M (2022):''' Pore water and solid phase data from deep-sea trench sediments [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947269</blockquote>

==== c) Editorial Publications and Bibliographies (Independent Collections) ====
[[PANGAEA publication types|Independent Collections]] group datasets that can be used and cited independently. Individual datasets may belong to multiple collections.

'''Example citations:'''<blockquote>'''Eisen, Olaf; Steinhage, Daniel; Franke, Steven; Helm, Veit; Binder, Tobias; Drews, Reinhard; Eagles, Graeme; Humbert, Angelika; Jansen, Daniela; Jokat, Wilfried; Lambrecht, Astrid; Mieth, Matthias; Riedel, Sven; Miller, Heinrich (2024):''' Collection of datasets from AWI's radio-echo sounding systems on ice sheets and glaciers [dataset bibliography]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.972094</blockquote>
=== 2. In-text citations (Author-year format) ===

==== a) Main part of a publication (e.g., methods or results sections) ====
In the body of a publication, datasets should be cited in the '''author-year format (Authors, YYYY)''', just like journal articles and other publications, and '''must be accompanied by a full entry in the reference list'''.

'''Example:'''<blockquote>This study makes use of observational data from MOSAiC leg 1 (Timofeeva et al., 2020, Bauch et al., 2024), both datasets being published via the data publisher PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (see Felden et al., 2023 for a description of the repository)</blockquote>

==== b) Data availability statements ====
A data availability statement is written for the reader and clearly states where the supporting datasets and any relevant software are located, as well as details about accessibility. In accordance with the recommendations in Stall et al. ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 2023]) and the [https://data.agu.org/resources/availability-citation-checklist-for-authors AGU Availability and Citation Checklist for Authors], the statement should include an '''in-text citation in author-year format''' (authors, YYYY), '''along with a full reference list entry''' and key information about the datasets. Authors should provide a brief description of the data, the repository name, persistent identifiers (DOIs), and licensing or access conditions.

'''Example:'''<blockquote>The data supporting this study include observational sea ice records (Timofeeva et al., 2020; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021) and geochemical porewater analyses (Bauch et al., 2024; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956325). Both datasets are openly available through PANGAEA – Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (Felden et al., 2023; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x). Data are licensed under CC-BY and accessible without restrictions.</blockquote>

== Structure of a dataset citations ==

=== Required elements ===
A complete dataset citation should contain the following elements:
* Authors (creators)
* Year of publication
* Title of dataset
* [[PANGAEA publication types|Type]] of dataset publication (e.g., ''"Dataset", "Publication series", "Bundled publication", "Editorial publication" or "Dataset bibliography"'')
* Publisher (e.g., PANGAEA)
* Persistent identifier (DOI)

=== General Citation Format ===
'''Creator (PublicationYear):''' Title [type]. ''Publisher,'' Identifier

'''Example:'''<blockquote>'''Timofeeva, Anna; Smolyanitsky, Vasily; Bessonov, Vladimir; Petrovskiy, Tomash (2020):''' Special sea ice observations aboard Akademik Fedorov MOSAiC leg 1, 2019-09-25 to 2019-10-20 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021</blockquote>

== Citation of datasets ''"in review"'' should be avoided ==
Data that are still in the archiving and review process are not yet considered published entities and therefore should not be cited. Such datasets are not persistent because they may change or become unavailable. In practice, this means that:

* they are usually accessible only to contributing authors after logging in to PANGAEA, and

* they may be modified or even deleted during the review process.

Metadata of datasets under review is already displayed and findable on the PANGAEA website, but they contain a '''preliminary link''' ("...doi.pangaea.de") that can only be resolved with the PANGAEA DOI resolver and be easily confused with the final and persistent DOI (...doi.org..) . '''Please avoid using the preliminary link for citation.'''

The '''preliminary link can be recognized''' by the following format:<blockquote><nowiki>https://doi</nowiki>.'''pangaea.de'''/10.1594/PANGAEA.XXXXXX (''XXXXXX = DataSetID'')</blockquote>It can only be resolved by the PANGAEA DOI resolver. Once the review process is finished, the link will take the final form, corresponding to the '''citable DOI''':<blockquote><nowiki>https://doi</nowiki>.'''org'''/10.1594/PANGAEA.XXXXXX (''XXXXXX = DataSetID'')</blockquote>

== Further reading ==
PANGAEA follows the '''[https://datacite.org/why-cite-data.html DataCite recommendations]''' and the '''''Author Preparation'' guidelines''' of '''Stall et al. ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 2023])''' that includes information on datasets and software citation in research articles, how to structure these citations and provide information on selecting the best possible scientific repositories to use for data and software, and what information to put in an Availability Statement.

== References: ==
* '''Stall, S., Bilder, G., Cannon, M. et al. (2023)''': Journal Production Guidance for Software and Data Citations. ''Scientific Data'', '''10''', 656. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7
* '''Felden, J.; Möller, L.; Schindler, U.; Huber, R.; Schumacher, S.; Koppe, R.; Diepenbroek, M.; Glöckner, F. O. (2023)''': PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. ''Sci Data'' 10, 347 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x
* DataCite. [https://datacite.org/why-cite-data.html Why cite data]
* Crossref. [https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/ Event Data]
* [https://data.agu.org/resources/availability-citation-checklist-for-authors AGU ''Availability and Citation Checklist for Authors'']

Citation

2026-03-31T12:21:49Z

Pittauer:

==Why is the correct citation of datasets important?==
{{Box
| title = 📌 How to cite a PANGAEA dataset in a nutshell
| content =
<ol>
<li>Go to the dataset landing page</li>
<li>Copy the <b>suggested citation</b> at the top</li>
<li>Paste it into your <b>reference list</b></li>
<li>Cite it in the text as <b>(Author, Year)</b></li>
</ol>

<p>
✔ Always include the dataset in the reference list<br>
✔ Always use the DOI (https://doi.org/…)<br>
❌ Do NOT cite datasets "in review"
</p>
}}

Citing datasets is fundamental to good scientific practice ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 Stall et al. 2023]). It gives proper credit to your own work as well as to the work of others, while also increasing the reproducibility of results and, in turn, trust in research (see also [https://datacite.org/cite-your-data.html DataCite: Why cite data?]). Proper citation also ensures that laboratory and support staff receive due recognition for their contributions to the measurements, even if they were not directly involved in the manuscripts derived from the data.

With the growing importance of open data, dataset citation has also become a central element of the scientific reward system. Citation metrics, increasingly provided by platforms such as DataCite, only function when datasets are cited correctly. By listing datasets in the reference section, you help ensure they are indexed, discoverable, and counted toward scholarly metrics.

==Best practice for citing data==

PANGAEA publishes datasets in much the same way that scientific journals publish articles. For this reason, PANGAEA datasets should be cited formally and consistently, just like other publications. Citations should '''always appear in the reference list''' of any publication that uses the data.

<div style="float:right; width:30%; margin:0 0 1em 1em; border:1px solid #a2c4c9; background:#eef7f8; padding:12px; border-radius:6px;">
[[File:Citation_tools.png|frameless|upright=1.1]]
<div style="font-size:90%; margin-top:6px;">
Citation tools (copy and export citation) located below the dataset reference.
</div>
</div>

PANGAEA’s citation practices follow international recommendations and guidelines ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 Stall et al., 2023]), reflecting the growing recognition of data as a fundamental resource for scientific research.

On the landing page of each dataset, the suggested citation is displayed at the top. The citation can be copied or exported in the preferred format using the copy or export buttons below the title. Further buttons enable sharing the reference via social media.

Please note that '''citation of datasets ''"in review"'' should be avoided''' (''see further information below).''

In addition to citing individual datasets, it is strongly recommended to acknowledge PANGAEA as the data publisher, for instance in the method or data availability section. The following publication, authored by the PANGAEA team, describes the repository, data archiving workflow, and its infrastructure:<blockquote>'''Felden, Janine; Möller, Lars; Schindler, Uwe; Huber, Robert; Schumacher, Stefanie; Koppe, Roland; Diepenbroek, Michael; Glöckner, Frank Oliver (2023):''' PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. ''Sci Data'' '''10''', 347 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x</blockquote>Citing PANGAEA is optional but highly appreciated, as it supports the maintenance and development of the service.
== Where and how to cite datasets ==

Every dataset citation has 2 parts:

* Full citation → reference list
* Short citation → in-text

=== 1. Full citations in the reference list ===
The reference list of a publication should include '''full citations for all datasets used'''. This enables automated attribution and credit through Crossref’s [https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/ Event Data].

==== a) Standalone datasets ====
[[PANGAEA publication types|Standalone datasets]] are self-contained data publications that are not part of a larger collection.

'''Example citations:'''<blockquote>'''Timofeeva, Anna; Smolyanitsky, Vasily M; Bessonov, Vladimir; Petrovskiy, Tomash (2020):''' Special sea ice observations aboard Akademik Fedorov MOSAiC leg 1, 2019-09-25 to 2019-10-20 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021</blockquote><blockquote>'''Bauch, Dorothea; Meyer, Hanno; Damm, Ellen; D'Angelo, Alessandra; Mellat, Moein; Granskog, Mats A; Weiner, Mikaela; Marent, Andreas (2024):''' Stable water isotopes of sea ice at biogeochemistry sites (BGC) and Main Coring Sites (MCS) during MOSAiC expedition, leg 1 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.971330.</blockquote>

==== b) Bundled publications and publication series (Dependent Collections) ====
Some datasets are part of [[PANGAEA publication types|Dependent Collections]], which distinguish between Parents and Child datasets:

* A Parent provides the overarching collection and context but contains no data.
* Child datasets are the individual, data-bearing datasets within a Parent.

In the case of Dependent collections, citing the Parent is sufficient. Individual child datasets should only be cited when there is a need to refer explicitly to a specific subset. Childs are always cited in relation to the Parent, similar to citing a chapter within a book.

'''Example citations:'''

'''Parent:'''<blockquote>'''Zabel, Matthias (2022):''' Pore water and solid phase data from deep-sea trench sediments [dataset bundled publication]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947269</blockquote>

'''Child:'''<blockquote>'''Zabel, Matthias (2022):''' Pore water analyses of sediment core GeoB16426-1 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947262</nowiki>, ''In:'' '''Zabel, M (2022):''' Pore water and solid phase data from deep-sea trench sediments [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947269</blockquote>

==== c) Editorial Publications and Bibliographies (Independent Collections) ====
[[PANGAEA publication types|Independent Collections]] group datasets that can be used and cited independently. Individual datasets may belong to multiple collections.

'''Example citations:'''

'''Collection:'''<blockquote>'''Eisen, Olaf; Steinhage, Daniel; Franke, Steven; Helm, Veit; Binder, Tobias; Drews, Reinhard; Eagles, Graeme; Humbert, Angelika; Jansen, Daniela; Jokat, Wilfried; Lambrecht, Astrid; Mieth, Matthias; Riedel, Sven; Miller, Heinrich (2024):''' Collection of datasets from AWI's radio-echo sounding systems on ice sheets and glaciers [dataset bibliography]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.972094</blockquote>'''Independent dataset:'''<blockquote>'''Eagles, Graeme; Ruppel, Antonia; Läufer, Andreas; Steinhage, Daniel; Helm, Veit (2025):''' ANT 2015/16: AWI airborne Radio-Echo Sounding data western DML over the Maud Belt and Ekström Ice Shelf (GEA-V-FMA project) [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.987347</blockquote>

=== 2. In-text citations (Author-year format) ===

==== a) Main part of a publication (e.g., methods or results sections) ====
In the body of a publication, datasets should be cited in the '''author-year format (Authors, YYYY)''', just like journal articles and other publications, and '''must be accompanied by a full entry in the reference list'''.

'''Example:'''<blockquote>This study makes use of observational data from MOSAiC leg 1 (Timofeeva et al., 2020, Bauch et al., 2024), both datasets being published via the data publisher PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (see Felden et al., 2023 for a description of the repository)</blockquote>

==== b) Data availability statements ====
A data availability statement is written for the reader and clearly states where the supporting datasets and any relevant software are located, as well as details about accessibility. In accordance with the recommendations in Stall et al. ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 2023]) and the [https://data.agu.org/resources/availability-citation-checklist-for-authors AGU Availability and Citation Checklist for Authors], the statement should include an '''in-text citation in author-year format''' (authors, YYYY), '''along with a full reference list entry''' and key information about the datasets. Authors should provide a brief description of the data, the repository name, persistent identifiers (DOIs), and licensing or access conditions.

'''Example:'''<blockquote>The data supporting this study include observational sea ice records (Timofeeva et al., 2020; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021) and geochemical porewater analyses (Bauch et al., 2024; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956325). Both datasets are openly available through PANGAEA – Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (Felden et al., 2023; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x). Data are licensed under CC-BY and accessible without restrictions.</blockquote>

== Structure of a dataset citations ==

=== Required elements ===
A complete dataset citation should contain the following elements:
* Authors (creators)
* Year of publication
* Title of dataset
* [[PANGAEA publication types|Type]] of dataset publication (e.g., ''"Dataset", "Publication series", "Bundled publication", "Editorial publication" or "Dataset bibliography"'')
* Publisher (e.g., PANGAEA)
* Persistent identifier (DOI)

=== General Citation Format ===
'''Creator (PublicationYear):''' Title [type]. ''Publisher,'' Identifier

'''Example:'''<blockquote>'''Timofeeva, Anna; Smolyanitsky, Vasily; Bessonov, Vladimir; Petrovskiy, Tomash (2020):''' Special sea ice observations aboard Akademik Fedorov MOSAiC leg 1, 2019-09-25 to 2019-10-20 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021</blockquote>

=== Institutional Authorship ===
In some cases, data are submitted on behalf of an institution rather than individual researchers. Here, the institution is listed as the creator and is responsible for the acquisition of data and related science:

'''Creator (PublicationYear):''' Title [type]. ''Institution,'' ''Publisher'', Identifier

'''Example:''' <blockquote>'''Nicolaus, Marcel; Hoppmann, Mario; Tao, Ran; Katlein, Christian (2023):''' Spectral radiation fluxes, albedo and transmittance from autonomous measurements from Radiation Station 2020R21, deployed during MOSAiC 2019/20 [dataset bundled publication]. ''Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA,'' https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.948838</blockquote>

== Citation of datasets ''"in review"'' should be avoided ==
Data that are still in the archiving and review process, or that are under a moratorium, are not yet considered published entities and therefore must not be cited. Such datasets are not persistent because they may change or become unavailable. In practice, this means that:

* they are usually accessible only to contributing authors after logging in to PANGAEA, and

* they may be modified or even deleted during the review process.

Metadata of datasets under review is already displayed and findable on the PANGAEA website, but they contain a '''preliminary link''' ("...doi.pangaea.de") that can only be resolved with the PANGAEA DOI resolver and be easily confused with the final and persistent DOI (...doi.org..) . '''Please avoid using the preliminary link for citation.'''

The '''preliminary link can be recognized''' by the following format:<blockquote><nowiki>https://doi</nowiki>.'''pangaea.de'''/10.1594/PANGAEA.XXXXXX (''XXXXXX = DataSetID'')</blockquote>It can only be resolved by the PANGAEA DOI resolver. Once the review process is finished, the link will take the final form, corresponding to the '''citable DOI''':<blockquote><nowiki>https://doi</nowiki>.'''org'''/10.1594/PANGAEA.XXXXXX (''XXXXXX = DataSetID'')</blockquote>

== Further reading ==
PANGAEA follows the '''[https://datacite.org/why-cite-data.html DataCite recommendations]''' and the '''''Author Preparation'' guidelines''' of '''Stall et al. ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 2023])''' that includes information on datasets and software citation in research articles, how to structure these citations and provide information on selecting the best possible scientific repositories to use for data and software, and what information to put in an Availability Statement.

== References: ==
* '''Stall, S., Bilder, G., Cannon, M. et al. (2023)''': Journal Production Guidance for Software and Data Citations. ''Scientific Data'', '''10''', 656. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7
* '''Felden, J.; Möller, L.; Schindler, U.; Huber, R.; Schumacher, S.; Koppe, R.; Diepenbroek, M.; Glöckner, F. O. (2023)''': PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. ''Sci Data'' 10, 347 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x
* DataCite. [https://datacite.org/why-cite-data.html Why cite data]
* Crossref. [https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/ Event Data]
* [https://data.agu.org/resources/availability-citation-checklist-for-authors AGU ''Availability and Citation Checklist for Authors'']

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Citing datasets is fundamental to good scientific practice ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 Stall et al. 2023]). It gives proper credit to your own work as well as to the work of others, while also increasing the reproducibility of results and, in turn, trust in research (see also [https://datacite.org/cite-your-data.html DataCite: Why cite data?]). Proper citation also ensures that laboratory and support staff receive due recognition for their contributions to the measurements, even if they were not directly involved in the manuscripts derived from the data.

With the growing importance of open data, dataset citation has also become a central element of the scientific reward system. Citation metrics, increasingly provided by platforms such as DataCite, only function when datasets are cited correctly. By listing datasets in the reference section, you help ensure they are indexed, discoverable, and counted toward scholarly metrics.

==Best practice for citing data==
[[File:Citation_tools.png|400px|thumbnail|right|Citation tools (copy and export citation) located below the dataset reference.]]

PANGAEA publishes datasets in much the same way that scientific journals publish articles. For this reason, PANGAEA datasets should be cited formally and consistently, just like other publications. Citations should '''always appear in the reference list''' of any publication that uses the data.

PANGAEA’s citation practices follow international recommendations and guidelines ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 Stall et al., 2023]), reflecting the growing recognition of data as a fundamental resource for scientific research.

On the landing page of each dataset, the suggested citation is displayed at the top. The citation can be copied or exported in the preferred format using the copy or export buttons below the title. Further buttons enable sharing the reference via social media.

Please note that '''citation of datasets ''"in review"'' should be avoided''' (''see further information below).''

In addition to citing individual datasets, it is strongly recommended to acknowledge PANGAEA as the data publisher, for instance in the method or data availability section. The following publication, authored by the PANGAEA team, describes the repository, data archiving workflow, and its infrastructure:<blockquote>'''Felden, Janine; Möller, Lars; Schindler, Uwe; Huber, Robert; Schumacher, Stefanie; Koppe, Roland; Diepenbroek, Michael; Glöckner, Frank Oliver (2023):''' PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. ''Sci Data'' '''10''', 347 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x</blockquote>Citing PANGAEA is optional but highly appreciated, as it supports the maintenance and development of the service.
== Where and how to cite datasets ==

Every dataset citation has 2 parts:

* Full citation → reference list
* Short citation → in-text

=== 1. Full citations in the reference list ===
The reference list of a publication should include '''full citations for all datasets used'''. This enables automated attribution and credit through Crossref’s [https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/ Event Data].

==== a) Standalone datasets ====
[[PANGAEA publication types|Standalone datasets]] are self-contained data publications that are not part of a larger collection.

'''Example citations:'''<blockquote>'''Timofeeva, Anna; Smolyanitsky, Vasily M; Bessonov, Vladimir; Petrovskiy, Tomash (2020):''' Special sea ice observations aboard Akademik Fedorov MOSAiC leg 1, 2019-09-25 to 2019-10-20 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021</blockquote><blockquote>'''Bauch, Dorothea; Meyer, Hanno; Damm, Ellen; D'Angelo, Alessandra; Mellat, Moein; Granskog, Mats A; Weiner, Mikaela; Marent, Andreas (2024):''' Stable water isotopes of sea ice at biogeochemistry sites (BGC) and Main Coring Sites (MCS) during MOSAiC expedition, leg 1 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.971330.</blockquote>

==== b) Bundled publications and publication series (Dependent Collections) ====
Some datasets are part of [[PANGAEA publication types|Dependent Collections]], which distinguish between Parents and Child datasets:

* A Parent provides the overarching collection and context but contains no data.
* Child datasets are the individual, data-bearing datasets within a Parent.

In the case of Dependent collections, citing the Parent is sufficient. Individual child datasets should only be cited when there is a need to refer explicitly to a specific subset. Childs are always cited in relation to the Parent, similar to citing a chapter within a book.

'''Example citations:'''

'''Parent:'''<blockquote>'''Zabel, Matthias (2022):''' Pore water and solid phase data from deep-sea trench sediments [dataset bundled publication]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947269</blockquote>

'''Child:'''<blockquote>'''Zabel, Matthias (2022):''' Pore water analyses of sediment core GeoB16426-1 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947262</nowiki>, ''In:'' '''Zabel, M (2022):''' Pore water and solid phase data from deep-sea trench sediments [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947269</blockquote>

==== c) Editorial Publications and Bibliographies (Independent Collections) ====
[[PANGAEA publication types|Independent Collections]] group datasets that can be used and cited independently. Individual datasets may belong to multiple collections.

'''Example citations:'''

'''Collection:'''<blockquote>'''Eisen, Olaf; Steinhage, Daniel; Franke, Steven; Helm, Veit; Binder, Tobias; Drews, Reinhard; Eagles, Graeme; Humbert, Angelika; Jansen, Daniela; Jokat, Wilfried; Lambrecht, Astrid; Mieth, Matthias; Riedel, Sven; Miller, Heinrich (2024):''' Collection of datasets from AWI's radio-echo sounding systems on ice sheets and glaciers [dataset bibliography]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.972094</blockquote>'''Independent dataset:'''<blockquote>'''Eagles, Graeme; Ruppel, Antonia; Läufer, Andreas; Steinhage, Daniel; Helm, Veit (2025):''' ANT 2015/16: AWI airborne Radio-Echo Sounding data western DML over the Maud Belt and Ekström Ice Shelf (GEA-V-FMA project) [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.987347</blockquote>

=== 2. In-text citations (Author-year format) ===

==== a) Main part of a publication (e.g., methods or results sections) ====
In the body of a publication, datasets should be cited in the '''author-year format (Authors, YYYY)''', just like journal articles and other publications, and '''must be accompanied by a full entry in the reference list'''.

'''Example:'''<blockquote>This study makes use of observational data from MOSAiC leg 1 (Timofeeva et al., 2020, Bauch et al., 2024), both datasets being published via the data publisher PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (see Felden et al., 2023 for a description of the repository)</blockquote>

==== b) Data availability statements ====
A data availability statement is written for the reader and clearly states where the supporting datasets and any relevant software are located, as well as details about accessibility. In accordance with the recommendations in Stall et al. ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 2023]) and the [https://data.agu.org/resources/availability-citation-checklist-for-authors AGU Availability and Citation Checklist for Authors], the statement should include an '''in-text citation in author-year format''' (authors, YYYY), '''along with a full reference list entry''' and key information about the datasets. Authors should provide a brief description of the data, the repository name, persistent identifiers (DOIs), and licensing or access conditions.

'''Example:'''<blockquote>The data supporting this study include observational sea ice records (Timofeeva et al., 2020; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021) and geochemical porewater analyses (Bauch et al., 2024; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956325). Both datasets are openly available through PANGAEA – Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (Felden et al., 2023; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x). Data are licensed under CC-BY and accessible without restrictions.</blockquote>

== Structure of a dataset citations ==

=== Required elements ===
A complete dataset citation should contain the following elements:
* Authors (creators)
* Year of publication
* Title of dataset
* [[PANGAEA publication types|Type]] of dataset publication (e.g., ''"Dataset", "Publication series", "Bundled publication", "Editorial publication" or "Dataset bibliography"'')
* Publisher (e.g., PANGAEA)
* Persistent identifier (DOI)

=== General Citation Format ===
'''Creator (PublicationYear):''' Title [type]. ''Publisher,'' Identifier

'''Example:'''<blockquote>'''Timofeeva, Anna; Smolyanitsky, Vasily; Bessonov, Vladimir; Petrovskiy, Tomash (2020):''' Special sea ice observations aboard Akademik Fedorov MOSAiC leg 1, 2019-09-25 to 2019-10-20 [dataset]. ''PANGAEA'', https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912021</blockquote>

=== Institutional Authorship ===
In some cases, data are submitted on behalf of an institution rather than individual researchers. Here, the institution is listed as the creator and is responsible for the acquisition of data and related science:

'''Creator (PublicationYear):''' Title [type]. ''Institution,'' ''Publisher'', Identifier

'''Example:''' <blockquote>'''Nicolaus, Marcel; Hoppmann, Mario; Tao, Ran; Katlein, Christian (2023):''' Spectral radiation fluxes, albedo and transmittance from autonomous measurements from Radiation Station 2020R21, deployed during MOSAiC 2019/20 [dataset bundled publication]. ''Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA,'' https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.948838</blockquote>

== Citation of datasets ''"in review"'' should be avoided ==
Data that are still in the archiving and review process, or that are under a moratorium, are not yet considered published entities and therefore must not be cited. Such datasets are not persistent because they may change or become unavailable. In practice, this means that:

* they are usually accessible only to contributing authors after logging in to PANGAEA, and

* they may be modified or even deleted during the review process.

Metadata of datasets under review is already displayed and findable on the PANGAEA website, but they contain a '''preliminary link''' ("...doi.pangaea.de") that can only be resolved with the PANGAEA DOI resolver and be easily confused with the final and persistent DOI (...doi.org..) . '''Please avoid using the preliminary link for citation.'''

The '''preliminary link can be recognized''' by the following format:<blockquote><nowiki>https://doi</nowiki>.'''pangaea.de'''/10.1594/PANGAEA.XXXXXX (''XXXXXX = DataSetID'')</blockquote>It can only be resolved by the PANGAEA DOI resolver. Once the review process is finished, the link will take the final form, corresponding to the '''citable DOI''':<blockquote><nowiki>https://doi</nowiki>.'''org'''/10.1594/PANGAEA.XXXXXX (''XXXXXX = DataSetID'')</blockquote>

== Further reading ==
PANGAEA follows the '''[https://datacite.org/why-cite-data.html DataCite recommendations]''' and the '''''Author Preparation'' guidelines''' of '''Stall et al. ([https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7 2023])''' that includes information on datasets and software citation in research articles, how to structure these citations and provide information on selecting the best possible scientific repositories to use for data and software, and what information to put in an Availability Statement.

== References: ==
* '''Stall, S., Bilder, G., Cannon, M. et al. (2023)''': Journal Production Guidance for Software and Data Citations. ''Scientific Data'', '''10''', 656. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02491-7
* '''Felden, J.; Möller, L.; Schindler, U.; Huber, R.; Schumacher, S.; Koppe, R.; Diepenbroek, M.; Glöckner, F. O. (2023)''': PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. ''Sci Data'' 10, 347 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02269-x
* DataCite. [https://datacite.org/why-cite-data.html Why cite data]
* Crossref. [https://www.crossref.org/services/event-data/ Event Data]
* [https://data.agu.org/resources/availability-citation-checklist-for-authors AGU ''Availability and Citation Checklist for Authors'']