
This report presents evidence of the performance and growth of the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) between 2020 and 2024. CESSDA, a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), offers extensive, integrated, and sustainable data services through a network of social science data archives across Europe. Following the framework of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), CESSDA collects annual quantitative indicators and qualitative narratives. The report highlights CESSDA’s achievements in providing data services, enhancing metadata interoperability, and increasing researcher engagement. It also provides an outlook on CESSDA’s ongoing efforts to ensure that data remain FAIR, trustworthy, and impactful for society.
EOSC, Metadata, Open Science, Open Data, CESSDA, Research Capacity Building, ESFRI, Social Sciences, Data Reuse, Research data, KPI, FAIR
EOSC, Metadata, Open Science, Open Data, CESSDA, Research Capacity Building, ESFRI, Social Sciences, Data Reuse, Research data, KPI, FAIR
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
