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EIDA Data Policy Usage, Acknowledgements, and Citation


Acknowledgement

The user is kindly requested to provide proper reference to the data suppliers. This can be done by citing the individual data suppliers (network name and/or network code, see ORFEUS EIDA network list). Acknowledgement to ORFEUS and EIDA is also greatly appreciated.

Data Citation

How to cite data from seismic networks: a citation recipe
Data from seismic networks that have a DOI must be cited like scientific research articles: short reference in main text (either main body of text, or dedicated Data Section), and long reference in the Reference list. The citation format of the scientific journal should be respected, therefore there may be variants on the examples below.

For example, use of data from the Seismic network of the Republic of Slovenia would be cited as Slovenian Environment Agency (1990) as short reference and in the references: Slovenian Environment Agency. (1990). Seismic Network of the Republic of Slovenia [Data set]. International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks. https://doi.org/10.7914/SN/SL

The citation can be found either on the network page at the FDSN https://www.fdsn.org/networks/detail/SL/ or through the FDSN service to request citations: https://www.fdsn.org/networks/citation/. This FDSN citation service provides multiple citations based on network codes. It is therefore easy to retrieve citation information for a large number of networks.

Examples of correct citation:
1. An article with numerous networks with short citations in the Data Section, and citations included in reference list:
Marignier, A., Eakin, C., Hejrani, B., Agrawal, S., Hassan, R., 2024. Sediment thickness across Australia from passive seismic methods, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 237, Issue 2, May 2024, Pages 849–861, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae070
2. An article citing many networks, with short citations in Table form (see Table 1 of the article), and citations included in reference list:
Pedersen, H. A., Mattern, F., Poli, P. & Stehly, L., 2023. Imaging with seismic noise: improving extraction of body wave phases from the deep Earth through selective stacking based on H/V ratios, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 232, Issue 2, February 2023, Pages 1455–1467, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac388



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