| The TRUST Principles for digital repositories D Lin, J Crabtree, I Dillo, RR Downs, R Edmunds, D Giaretta, M De Giusti, ... Scientific Data 7 (1), 1-5, 2020 | 268 | 2020 |
| Achieving human and machine accessibility of cited data in scholarly publications J Starr, E Castro, M Crosas, M Dumontier, RR Downs, R Duerr, LL Haak, ... PeerJ Computer Science 1, e1, 2015 | 136 | 2015 |
| On the utility of identification schemes for digital earth science data: an assessment and recommendations RE Duerr, RR Downs, C Tilmes, B Barkstrom, WC Lenhardt, J Glassy, ... Earth Science Informatics 4, 139-160, 2011 | 92 | 2011 |
| Digital library support for scholarly research RR Downs, EA Friedman Information Processing & Management 35 (3), 281-291, 1999 | 44 | 1999 |
| The importance of data set provenance for science D Hills, RR Downs, R Duerr, JC Goldstein, MA Parsons, HK Ramapriyan Eos 96 (10.1029), 2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| Achieving human and machine accessibility of cited data in scholarly publications, PeerJ Computer Science, 1, e1 J Starr, E Castro, M Crosas, M Dumontier, RR Downs, R Duerr, LL Haak, ... DOI: https://doi. org/10.7717/peerj-cs 1, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Risk assessment for scientific data MS Mayernik, K Breseman, RR Downs, R Duerr, A Garretson, CYS Hou, ... Data Science Journal 19, 10-10, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Reuse readiness levels as a measure of software reusability JJ Marshall, RR Downs IGARSS 2008-2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2008 | 20 | 2008 |
| Versioning data is about more than revisions: A conceptual framework and proposed principles J Klump, L Wyborn, M Wu, J Martin, RR Downs, A Asmi Data Science Journal 20 (1), 12, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
| Data stewardship in the earth sciences RR Downs, R Duerr, DJ Hills, HK Ramapriyan D-Lib Magazine 21 (7/8), 1-13, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| Perspectives on citizen science data quality RR Downs, HK Ramapriyan, G Peng, Y Wei Frontiers in Climate 3, 615032, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Improving opportunities for new value of open data: Assessing and certifying research data repositories RR Downs Data Science Journal 20, 1-1, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| The perceived value of acquiring Data Seals of Approval DR Donaldson, I Dillo, R Downs, S Ramdeen International Journal of Digital Curation 12 (1), 130-151, 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
| The software reuse working group: A case study in fostering reuse R Gerard, RR Downs, JJ Marshall, RE Wolfe 2007 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, 24-29, 2007 | 17 | 2007 |
| Call to action for global access to and harmonization of quality information of individual earth science datasets G Peng, RR Downs, C Lacagnina, H Ramapriyan, I Ivánová, D Moroni, ... Data Science Journal 20, 19-19, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| Global Community Guidelines for Documenting, Sharing, and Reusing Quality Information of Individual Digital Datasets. G Peng, C Lacagnina, RR Downs, A Ganske, HK Ramapriyan, I Ivánová, ... | 15 | 2022 |
| International community guidelines for sharing and reusing quality information of individual earth science datasets G Peng, C Lacagnina, I Ivánová, RR Downs, H Ramapriyan, A Ganske, ... OSF, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
| A review of open research data policies and practices in China L Zhang, RR Downs, J Li, L Wen, C Li Data Science Journal 20, 3-3, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
| Community recommendations for sustainable scientific software RR Downs, WC Lenhardt, E Robinson, E Davis, N Weber Journal of Open Research Software 3 (1), e11-e11, 2015 | 13 | 2015 |
| Curation of scientific data at risk of loss: Data rescue and dissemination RR Downs, RS Chen | 12 | 2017 |
