Join Iratxe and other members of the @force11.bsky.social FORCE 11 Data Usage Typology Working Group as they present their work at this @researchdataall.bsky.social RDA webinar on Feb 24, 07:00 UTC. Register: www.rd-alliance.org/events/data-... Working Group information: force11.org/group/data-u...

Explore research on data practices and data-usage trends on our 'Resources' page: makedatacount.org/explore-reso...

Consulta recursos traducidos al español en la página web de Make Data Count: makedatacount.org/spanish-tran...

New on the the Make Data Count website, we’ve published a page of resources specifically for repositories and data platforms: makedatacount.org/explore-reso... #repositories #dataplatforms

New on the blog today, Iratxe provides a roundup of some of our milestones during 2025. We have worked on expanding the data-usage information available to the community and we championed practical ways to bring data into research evaluation. ⭐ Read the blog: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

New on the blog! In an interview with Veronique Kiermer @verokiermer.bsky.social, Chief Scientific Officer for @plos.org, she provides insight into their approach to data sharing, visibility and evaluation. 👉 Read the post: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo... #dataevaluation #datasharing

Make Data Count will be presenting at the SCOSS showcase, join us next Monday to hear about our work during 2025.

In their recent post ‘Making Data Count in Academic Evaluation’, John Chodacki and Stephanie Lieggi from the University of California provide a summary of the work by the Implementing Data Evaluation in Academia Working Group. Blog post: tinyurl.com/3c3v74pr Resources: tinyurl.com/38dv7a9n

Read about the resources created by the 'Implementing data evaluation at institutions’ Working Group on the blog: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

New resource by the ‘Implementing data evaluation at institutions’ Working Group: the Institutional Data Evaluation and Assessment (IDEA) Maturity Model, a tool to assist institutions assess their practices & capacity to evaluate data contributions. View the maturity model: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Read the latest case study from the MDC and HELIOS Open ‘Implementing data evaluation in academia’ Working Group. Denise Scholtens shares her experience with valuable controlled-access datasets, and tracking usage and institutional recognition of data contributions. tinyurl.com/3cscwvdf

NEW RESOURCE available from the Make Data Count and HELIOS Open ‘Implementing data evaluation in academia’ Working Group. This implementation guide provides practical guidance for integrating data and other open outputs in institutional review processes. Download the guide: tinyurl.com/y77e73n8

Today on the blog, we feature Matilda, a bibliographic platform built specifically for open science. We spoke with project lead Didier Torny about the project, and their plans to incorporate links to datasets for the articles they index in Matilda. 👉 makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Read about the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI) and its interest in research data tracking in this new interview with Laetitia Bracco @braccolaetitia.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gy. tinyurl.com/2dhtfk83 Register for OSMI’s Plenary meeting for September 29: tinyurl.com/4zpbkhts

Today on the blog, we interview Elisabeth Shook from @icpsr.bsky.social ICPSR about their collaboration with Make Data Count to include citations for social science datasets identified and curated by ICPSR in the Data Citation Corpus. 👉 Read the post: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Thank you to Vanessa Jorge from Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Brazil, for her contribution to the ‘Implementing data evaluation in academia’ Working Group. Read ‘Advancing data sharing and evaluation at a research foundation.' tinyurl.com/48vmajmx Resources for institutions: tinyurl.com/38dv7a9n

We’ve added a new case study from the ‘Implementing data evaluation in academia’ Working Group. ‘Practical ways to incorporate data into tenure and promotion’ from Jeffrey Blume, Professor, School of Data Science, University of Virginia. tinyurl.com/td27zb8x Resources: tinyurl.com/38dv7a9n

Just published on the blog! ‘Advancing Responsible Research Assessment Through Data Evaluation’, cross-posted on the @dorassessment.bsky.social DORA blog. makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Today we share case study ‘Initiating cultural change to expand evaluation criteria within institutions’ from Christian Blanco, Deputy Director for International Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, from the ‘Implementing data evaluation in academia’ Working Group tinyurl.com/3p3stpfc

NEW resources are now available from the Make Data Count and HELIOS Open ‘Implementing data evaluation in academia’ Working Group. Michael Dougherty's case study: tinyurl.com/576yy4km Patrick Charbonneau’s case study: tinyurl.com/bdudyz57 Resources: makedatacount.org/explore-reso...

Our @kaggle.com competition “Make Data Count - Finding Data References” has attracted a lot of interest and participants. The competition closes on September 2, don’t miss the chance to take part! Read more: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo... Enter the competition: www.kaggle.com/competitions...

Kristi plugging #datacitation and the related @makedatacount.bsky.social metrics and Kaggle competition. Still time to participate (and win $100K) here www.kaggle.com/competitions... #ISMBECCB2025 #ISMB2025

⭐ Our latest release for the Data Citation Corpus is just out, including new data citations from @europepmc.org, and additions to the affiliation #metadata for some of the citation records. 👉 Find out more on the blog: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Catch up on perspectives from the Make Data Count community, including Kai Li's article: 'Perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for large-scale analyses on data use and data citations' on our blog. 👉 makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Reminder that our @kaggle.com competition - “Make Data Count - Finding Data References” - is open! We are seeing a great level of interest with many participants and over 3k entries so far! 👉 Learn more: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo... ⭐ Enter the competition: www.kaggle.com/competitions...

How can we improve the quality of #metadata on a large scale? Read about how we’re advancing technical and community-driven strategies for a richer, more interconnected metadata ecosystem: doi.org/10.5438/bkxd... #OpenScience #PersistentIdentifiers

Have you read perspective post 'Applying nuance to our understanding of data metrics for evaluation' by Nicolás Robinson-García @nrobinsongarcia.bsky.social? Read his and many other insights from the Make Data Count community on our blog: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Excited to share the work of @makedatacount.bsky.social at Open Repositories.

Help @makedatacount.bsky.social, join the @kaggle.com "Finding Data References" competition, and win fame and fortune (well, a $100,000 USD prize) #DataCitation kaggle.com/competitions...

Launching our @kaggle.com competition “Make Data Count - Finding Data References”. We seek state of the art machine learning models that can identify mentions of data in papers AND contextualize the relationship for the Data Citation Corpus. More: tinyurl.com/4yy2xr2u Enter: tinyurl.com/yjmsaanb

⭐ A reminder that we have several interviews published on the blog: lnkd.in/e3wQ6CSS 👉 Read @mikethelwall.bsky.social full interview ‘Perspectives on the importance of best practices to incentivize data sharing and data recognition’: lnkd.in/dTbeQ_qe

New on the blog today, Marta Teperek and Hans de Jonge explain why NWO has decided to support Make Data Count through SCOSS, in alignment with their investment in promoting FAIR and open data. makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

New today on the Make Data Count blog: 'Opening Up Translational Science Data Impact Through the Data Citation Corpus' makedatacount.org/read-our-blo... This new article is written by Reese Richardson, Iratxe Puebla, Jason Portenoy, Karen Gutzman and Kristi Holmes.

We're so grateful to all those who volunteered their time to give us their nuanced perspectives on data evaluation and assessment: makedatacount.org/read-our-blog/ Read Peter Cerda's full interview 'Perspectives on data evaluation and assessment' makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Register for the webinar ‘Embedding Data in Assessment: Progress and Next Steps for the 'Implementing Data Evaluation in Academia' Working Group, a collaboration between HELIOS Open and Make Data Count. 🗓️ When? May 6, 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 4pm UTC 👉 Registration: lnkd.in/ez8zG-Pe

How can academic libraries leverage data citations to understand data usage and impact? Read our latest blog for key insights from our analysis of data citations for Northwestern University and the University of Colorado Boulder. doi.org/10.60804/yxn...

We are delighted to participate in HELIOS Open's next webinar on data evaluation in institutional processes. Join us on May 6 to hear the latest from the Implementing Data Evaluation in Academia Working Group & share feedback to shape its next steps. Register: sparcopen-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Make Data Count will participate in the LIBER-SCOSS webinar next Tuesday April 22. Join us to hear about our work on open infrastructure & standards for data usage, and the insights that academic libraries can gain through open data-usage indicators. Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

New on the blog! Insights from Iratxe's conversations with the meta-researchers we've recently featured in interview posts. makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

The Make Data Count and HELIOS Open Working Group is seeking resources. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Find information about the Working Group here: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Just published on the blog, Assistant Professor Kai Li gives new perspectives on challenges and opportunities for large-scale analyses on data use and data citations. makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

On the blog, Mike Thelwall, Professor of Data Science gives his perspectives on the importance of best practices to incentivize data sharing and data recognition, and shares useful observations about why different approaches are needed for different disciplines. makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Si no pudiste asistir a "Métricas de Datos: Impulsando la Gestión Responsable de Datos Abiertos", escucha el debate en YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRZC.... Iratxe participó en el debate con Ricardo Hartley y Washington Segundo sobre la evaluación de datos y la importancia de los metadatos.

Just published on the blog today! Read Nicolas Robinson Garcia's perspectives on the need for nuance in our understanding of data metrics for evaluation. makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Join our (Spanish) session with OpenLab Ecuador on March 13 where we'll discuss data metrics & the responsible evaluation of data. Register: openlab.ec/cienciaabier... Reserva el próximo 13 de marzo para nuestra sesión sobre las métricas de datos & la evaluación responsable de los datos abiertos.

We are pleased to share a new release for the Data Citation Corpus! Find all the details on our blog: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo... Explore the data file here: zenodo.org/records/1489... Explore the data file and give feedback via GitHub or directly at [email protected].

Read Data Curation Specialist, Peter Cerda's perspectives, new on the blog today. We asked Peter about his views on the importance of data evaluation and the progress of infrastructure to support it. makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Register to join Make Data Count’s Iratxe Puebla, and Laetitia Bracco from Université de Lorraine & OSMI on Wednesday 26 February, for the ‘Measuring, monitoring and evaluating open research’ webinar hosted by the University of Essex for Open Research Week 2025. libcal.essex.ac.uk/event/4301323