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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · 7d

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.

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · 15d

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

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · 20d

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...

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · 27d

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

Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.

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Resources: tinyurl.com/38dv7a9n

Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Aug 12

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...

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thank you for diving into the Data Citation Corpus. We appreciate the feedback and your posts on github, we are looking into the comments.

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Aug 5

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...

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GigaScience Journal @gigascience.bsky.social · Jul 21

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

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Jul 29

⭐ 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...

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Jul 9

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.
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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Jun 26

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...

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DataCite @datacite.org · Jun 12

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

Image features a blog post heading from DataCite titled "Cultivating a Thriving Metadata Ecosystem: Advancing Technical and Community-Driven Strategies for Improvements and Enrichments." It includes a byline for Maria Gould and features a circular portrait

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Jun 18

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...

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John Chodacki @chodacki.bsky.social · Jun 16

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

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GigaScience Journal @gigascience.bsky.social · Jun 12

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...

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Jun 11

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

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Jun 5

⭐ 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

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · May 27

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.

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · May 13

New today on the Make Data Count blog: 'Opening Up Translational Science Data Impact Through the Data Citation Corpus'

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This new article is written by Reese Richardson, Iratxe Puebla, Jason Portenoy, Karen Gutzman and Kristi Holmes.

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · May 8

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...

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Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Apr 30

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

Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Apr 28

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.

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