 We found that papers with publicly available datasets received a higher number of citations than similar papers without available data. This suggests that making data available can be beneficial to researchers. Additionally, we observed that data reuse papers published by third-party investigators continue to accumulate for at least six years after initial publication. This indicates that data reuse is a sustained process and that it is important to make data available to facilitate this process. This article was authored by Heather A. Pillowar and Todd J. Vision.