Question 1

How does DataCite rank in research?

Accepted Answer

DataCite ranks #34,422 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #1,591 of 1,603 in Germany.

Question 2

Who are the top researchers at DataCite?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Helena Cousijn, Sara El-Gebali and Kelly Stathis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is DataCite.

Question 3

What are the most cited papers from DataCite?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from DataCite is "Sharing and reuse of individual participant data from clinical trials: principles and recommendations" (Christian Ohmann et al., 2017), with 209 citations. Next come "DataCite - A Global Registration Agency for Research Data" (105) and "Bringing Citations and Usage Metrics Together to Make Data Count" (89).

Question 4

Which research topics does DataCite publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Research Data Management Practices, Scientific Computing and Data Management, Academic Publishing and Open Access and Data Analysis with R.

Question 5

Which keywords describe research at DataCite?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Repositories, Data Citation, Data Sharing, Open Science, Scientific Data Management, Bioinformatics, Workflow Management and Reproducibility.

Question 6

Which fields of science does DataCite work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 54% of research at DataCite is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (48%), Decision Sciences (30%), Business, Management and Accounting (4%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 7

Is DataCite's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.