Data · Cite EKHI

How to cite and reuse EKHI data.

Proper citation ensures credit flows to the researchers who measured the data and supports the sustainability of open data infrastructure.

License

CC-BY 4.0 International.

All spectral data in EKHI is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license. You are free to:

Share — copy and redistribute the data in any medium or format.
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the data for any purpose, including commercial.

The only requirement is attribution. You must cite both the original publication (the source paper) and the EKHI database record from which you obtained the data.

Full license text: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Citation format

Citing the EKHI database itself.

When referring to EKHI as a whole (e.g., in a methods or data-availability section), use:

Plain text

        Emissivity Research Network. EKHI: Open Spectral Emissivity Database.

        https://emissivity.org/data/ekhi (accessed [date]).

BibTeX

        @misc{ekhi,

          author = {{Emissivity Research Network}},

          title  = {{EKHI}: Open Spectral Emissivity Database},

          url    = {https://emissivity.org/data/ekhi},

          year   = {2026},

          note   = {Accessed: [date]}

        }

Dataset citation

Citing an individual record.

When using specific spectral data from EKHI, cite both the original publication and the EKHI record:

Step 1 — cite the source publication

        [Authors]. [Title]. [Journal], [Volume], [Pages], [Year].

        DOI: [doi]

Step 2 — cite the EKHI record

        Data obtained via EKHI record #[ID],

        Emissivity Research Network,

        https://emissivity.org/data/ekhi#[ID]

Example — in a data-availability statement

        "Spectral emissivity data for SiC were obtained from

         EKHI record #03921 (Rozenbaum et al., 2024), available

         at https://emissivity.org/data/ekhi under CC-BY 4.0."

Best practices

Making data reuse transparent.

Always cite the original paper

EKHI is a distribution channel, not the data source. The original authors and their publication deserve primary credit. Dual citation (paper + EKHI) is the expected practice.

Include the EKHI record ID

Record IDs (e.g., #03921) make your data provenance unambiguous and allow readers to retrieve the exact curve you used, including measurement conditions and metadata.

State the access date

EKHI is updated weekly. Including the access date documents which version of the data you used and aids reproducibility if records are corrected or supplemented.

Note any transformations

If you interpolated, smoothed, or converted the data (e.g., directional to hemispherical), state this clearly. Raw EKHI data should be distinguishable from derived quantities.

Questions

Need help with data reuse?

If you have questions about citing EKHI data, licensing terms, or data-availability statements, contact the network.

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