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Citation analysis is widely used in research evaluation to assess the impact of scientific papers. These analyses rest on the assumption that citation decisions by authors are accurate, representing the flow of knowledge from cited to citing papers. However, in practice, researchers often cite for reasons that are not related to the fact that there has been (intellectual) input from previous papers. 

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This study assessed trends in data accessibility, compliance with Data availability statements (DAS), and the relationship between data sharing and citation impact in oceanographic research.