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On 2013-05-20 06:11, Joe Hourcle wrote: > On May 20, 2013, at 8:31 AM, Susan Manuel wrote: >> At Loughborough University we have been having some discussions about ways of assessing the usage and impact of data shared online. One of the things we talked about was having a registration system for accessing research data and we wondered what you think of this. We can see some obvious benefits to knowing who is accessing and using these data, particularly if individuals can be contacted and are willing to provide a testimonial/impact case study. Other benefits might be in providing evidence of use/impact to secure on-going institutional support for RDM and contact with data users may identify opportunities for future collaboration. > (basically, data providers need to make it easier for researchers to cite their data, by giving clear instructions on how they want it to be cited, and assign DOIs so that journals are more likely to accept it as a citation) Exactly. Citations to your data in published research are *way* more impressive than anecdotal "nuggets". And tracking DOIs will make it obvious who your *real* users are. /Frew