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Every record can be cited. From the record’s sidebar, the Citation panel gives you a ready-to-paste reference in five formats, so you can drop a curated record into a paper, a reference manager, or a data-availability statement. Two things are always true of the reference it produces:
  • it carries the record’s DID — the stable identifier you can publish and resolve;
  • it includes a DOI only when you’ve linked a publication. Dataerai never invents one.

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The Citation panel

Open a record and find the Citation panel in the sidebar. It shows:
  • a format selector — BibTeX, RIS, APA, MLA, or Chicago;
  • the rendered citation, with Copy and a download button;
  • the linked Publication (or No publication linked), its DOI when present, and the record’s DID.
The Citation panel on an asset

The Citation panel: choose a format, copy or download the citation, and link a publication. The record’s DID is always included.

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Copy or download

Pick a format, then:
  • Copy puts the formatted citation on your clipboard (the button briefly reads Copied).
  • The download button saves it as a file — .bib for BibTeX, .ris for RIS, or .txt for APA / MLA / Chicago.
BibTeX and RIS are for reference managers (Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, BibLaTeX); APA, MLA, and Chicago are formatted text for pasting straight into a manuscript. If a record corresponds to a published work, link it so the citation gains the work’s authors, venue, year, and DOI.
  1. In the Citation panel, use Link a publication… to search.
  2. Pick the matching result. Results come from Dataerai’s combined works search — both works already in your library and works from OpenAlex. Linking an OpenAlex-only work imports just that work (not its references) and attaches it.
  3. The panel now shows the linked Publication and its DOI, and every format includes the DOI.
To change the link, use Change linked publication…; to remove it, use Unlink publication. With no publication linked, the record still cites cleanly as a dataset — DID included, no DOI.

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Where the authors come from

When a publication is linked, the citation uses the work’s authors, venue, and year. With no publication linked, the record’s creator is used as the author, so an asset-only citation still names someone. The record’s DID is included either way.
Linking a publication edits the record, so you need Write access to it (the same access that lets you edit metadata). Reading a citation needs only Read access. A locked record can’t be linked or unlinked until it’s unlocked.

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Set your default format

So the panel opens in the format you use most, set a default once:
  1. Open your profile settings.
  2. Set Default citation format to BibTeX, RIS, APA, MLA, or Chicago.
  3. Save.
New Citation panels start in that format; you can still switch format per record without changing the default.