Thank you to Iratxe Puebla for her exceptional leadership steering Make Data Count over the last three years. Hear from Iratxe in her farewell blog post as she reflects on the last three years. makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

At FORCE2026 Conference in Singapore, Make Data Count Advisors @chodacki.bsky.social and @kristiholmes.bsky.social are looking forward to being part of a panel that takes this challenge of research data as a first-class scholarly output for tracking and reporting head on. tinyurl.com/s22z4jp9

We’ve now translated the resources from the 'Implementing data evaluation in academia' Working Group to French: Ressources pour l'évaluation des données dans le milieu académique 👉 makedatacount.org/explore-reso...

If you have a case study related to your institution’s incentives for data, or how you’re looking to incorporate data into assessment, please get in touch at info@makedatacount.org. We’d love to you hear from you. 👉 Explore more case studies on our website: makedatacount.org/explore-reso...

We have translated the resources from the ‘Implementing data evaluation in academia’ Working Group to Spanish - Más recursos traducidos al español Explore Spanish-translated resources - makedatacount.org/explore-reso...

In this new post, Make Data Count Advisory Group Member Scott Edmunds @scedmunds.bsky.social shares his thoughts on the need for more quantitative and better evidence on the use and reach of open data to make the case for the outcomes and benefits of Open Science. makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

We spoke with leaders of DSpace, asking them about their perspectives on the importance of open infrastructure, and milestones for open data and data recognition. #opendata #openscience #openinfrastructure Read the post: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

The output describing the Typology of Data Uses developed by the @force11.bsky.social FORCE11 Data Usage Typologies Working Group is now available: zenodo.org/records/1918... More on the blog: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

In the second of a series of interviews with leaders from SCOSS-funded open infrastructures, we discuss milestones for open data & how to advance recognition for data outputs. @scossfunding.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @researchdataall.bsky.social 👉 makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

Which Make Data Count resources are right for you? Fill out our self-assessment questionnaire for your custom recommendations. It takes less than 5 minutes! ⭐ Take the quiz: form.typeform.com/to/t1bXL18l

In the first of a series of interviews with leaders from SCOSS-funded open infrastructure organizations, we asked about their perspectives on open infrastructure for open science. @scossfunding.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @researchdataall.bsky.social 👉 makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

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...

RDA Data Usage Typology

A presentation of the data-usage typology developed by the FORCE 11 Data Usage Typologies WG, co-organised by the Evaluation of Research IG and the Uptake of Digital Infrastructure IG, will be held on...

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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.

SCOSS@scossfunding.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Join us for a special SCOSS Showcase Webinar highlighting the collective impact of the SCOSS-endorsed open infrastructures! 🌍 🗓️ Date: Monday, 1 December 2025 ⏰ Time: 15.00–16.45 UTC / 16.00–17.45 CET / 17.00–18.45 CAT(convert to your time zone) 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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

Making Data Count in Academic Evaluation - Office of Scholarly Communication

John Chodacki is the Director of the UC Curation Center at California Digital Library, and Stephanie Lieggi is Executive Director of OSPO (the Open Source Program Office) at UC Santa Cruz. Research da...

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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