How to credit materials

The published datasets from Rothamsted's Long-term Experiments are important scientific research outputs from these experiments and must be properly cited if re-used or referred to in any publication or other output.

Correct dataset citations:

  • formally acknowledges the author's sources
  • makes finding source data easier
  • supports reproducible research
  • allows the impact of datasets to be tracked and reported
  • provides a structure which recognises data creators and curators

All published datasets on e-RA are provided with a DataCite Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

You must ensure the dataset is correctly cited and includes the dataset DOI, either where it is presented or in the reference list of any publications, reports or other outputs which use this dataset in whole or in part. Correct citation of datasets helps us to monitor their use and report their continuing impact to funders. We provide the appropriate citation example on most of our publications. An example of a recommended citation is:

Margaret Glendining, Paul Poulton (2023). Dataset: Broadbalk Wheat annual grain and straw yields 1968-2022 Electronic Rothamsted Archive, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK DOI: https://doi.org/10.23637/rbk1-yld6822-01

Where information from the e-RA website and/or data is presented, either in original or derived form such as a graphic or table, in addition to using the citation above, you must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information:

We thank the Lawes Agricultural Trust and Rothamsted Research for information and data from the e-RA database. The Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments - National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (RLTE-NBRI) is funded by the UK Research and Innovation - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UKRI-BBSRC) under award BBS/E/RH/23NB0007 (2023-2028). The RLTE-NBRI is also supported by the Lawes Agricultural Trust.

If you have not used a specific dataset, or data from the website or database, and you wish to refer to the e-RA database and website in general, please use this reference:

Perryman, S.A.M. , Castells-Brooke, N.I.D. , Glendining, M.J. , Goulding, K.W.T. , Hawkesford, M.J. , Macdonald, A.J. , Ostler, R.J. , Poulton, P.R. , Rawlings, C.J. , Scott, T. and Verrier, P.J. (2018) "The electronic Rothamsted Archive (e-RA), an online resource for data from the Rothamsted long-term experiments", Scientific Data, 5, 180072 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.72
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For further information and assistance, please contact the e-RA curators, Sarah Perryman and Margaret Glendining using the e-RA email address: era@rothamsted.ac.uk