How to acknowledge SITES data

Data from the SITES Data Portal must be properly cited and acknowledged.

Citation

Each dataset has a specific citation, similar to that of a publication citation. The citation is provided on the dataset metadata page.

Example

Erken Laboratory (2023). Meteorological data from Erken, Malma island, 1988-10-13–2022-12-30 [Data set]. Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES). https://hdl.handle.net/11676.1/DM2MafGWvcD5Pcd9N7Wq3fhT 
 

The persistent identifier (PID) will always lead you back to the metadata page where you are able to download the data object again or check for updates.
You may also use or link to pictures and visualizations obtained from the SITES Data Portal if you add the link to the original and the text "SITES, licensed under CCBY" followed by the link to the original source.

Acknowledgement

We suggest that you inform the data providers when the data is used for publications and that you offer them the possibility to comment and/or offer them co-authorship or acknowledgement in the publication when this is justified by the added value of the data for your results.
Any publication using SITES data must include the following statement in the acknowledgement: "This [study/report/dataset/etc.] has been made possible by data provided by the Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES)."