Related Publication

Linked journal articles, preprints, conference papers

Engagement (E)

Interoperable (I3)

Justification

Linking datasets to publications creates bidirectional discovery. DataCite Recommends RelatedIdentifier. Dublin Core includes Relation. schema.org includes citation. RDA-I3-01M (Important) requires qualified references. Four sources converge.

Practical Guide

must-have

Link to your paper. 16.5x citation lift — the highest-impact engagement signal.

Linking datasets to publications creates bidirectional discovery and is the highest-impact engagement signal. Datasets with publication links receive 16.5x more citations (RR = 16.46, p < 0.001). With 54% prevalence on Zenodo, nearly half of datasets still miss this connection. Four standards converge on this signal — DataCite, Dublin Core, schema.org, and RDA.

For Repositories

Add a prominent "related publication" field during deposit
Auto-detect related publications from DOI metadata
Map to DataCite #12 RelatedIdentifier with IsSupplementTo relation type

For Depositors

Always link your dataset to its associated publication via DOI
Add the link at deposit time — don't wait for the paper to publish (use preprint DOI)
Link to all publications that used or describe the dataset

Highest-impact engagement signal (16.5x lift). Four standards converge. Easy to implement — just add a DOI link.

Standards Sources

Convergence score: 4/4 independent sources —

Strongly justified

Standard	Field / Property	Obligation Level
DataCite 4.6	#12 RelatedIdentifier (IsSupplementTo)	Recommended
Dublin Core	Relation	Core Element
schema.org	citation	Recommended

FAIR Principle Alignment

Primary mapping: Interoperable (I3)

I3: (Meta)data include qualified references to other (meta)data

RDA FAIR Data Maturity Model Indicators:

RDA-I3-01M: Metadata includes references to other metadata

How This Signal Is Measured

Presence of DOI/PMID link to a related publication. Binary: at least one publication linked.

Empirical Evidence (Zenodo, n=1.3M)

Per-signal statistics use Zenodo as the primary validation source because it is the largest general-purpose repository with structured DataCite metadata, natural variance across all 25 signals, and available citation/usage data. Domain-specific repositories exhibit ceiling effects or restricted variance that preclude per-signal discrimination. Cross-repository validation is reported separately.

Prevalence

54.3%

of Zenodo datasets

Citation Lift

16.2x

vs. datasets without

Data Source

Zenodo (CERN)

1,328,100 records analyzed

Interpretation: The highest-impact engagement signal. Datasets linked to publications receive 16.2x more citations. This validates the SHARE framework's emphasis on cross-resource linking — publication links create bidirectional discovery paths.