Software citation principles

Arfon M. Smith; Daniel S. Katz; Kyle E. Niemeyer; Neil Chue Hong

doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.86

Software citation principles

Arfon M. Smith, Daniel S. Katz, Kyle E. Niemeyer, Neil Chue Hong (Member of Consortium)

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Software is a critical part of modern research and yet there is little support across the scholarly ecosystem for its acknowledgement and citation. Inspired by the activities of the FORCE11 working group focused on data citation, this document summarizes the recommendations of the FORCE11 Software Citation Working Group and its activities between June 2015 and April 2016. Based on a review of existing community practices, the goal of the working group was to produce a consolidated set of citation principles that may encourage broad adoption of a consistent policy for software citation across disciplines and venues. Our work is presented here as a set of software citation principles, a discussion of the motivations for developing the principles, reviews of existing community practice, and a discussion of the requirements these principles would place upon different stakeholders. Working examples and possible technical solutions for how these principles can be implemented will be discussed in a separate paper.

Original language	English
Journal	PeerJ Computer Science
Volume	2
Issue number	86
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.86
Publication status	Published - 19 Sept 2016

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The Software Sustainability Institute: Phase 2
Chue Hong, N.
EPSRC
1/06/15 → 31/05/19
Project: Research

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1 Article
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Journal Production Guidance for Software and Data Citations
Stall, S., Bilder, G., Cannon, M., Chue Hong, N. P., Edmunds, S., Erdmann, C., Evans, M., Farmer, R., Feeney, P., Friedman, M., Giampoala, M., Hanson, R. B., Harrison, M., Karaiskos, D., Katz, D. S., Letizia, V., Lizzi, V., MacCallum, C., Muench, A., Perry, K., & 7 othersRatner, H., Schindler, U., Sedora, B., Stockhause, M., Townsend, R., Yeston, J. & Clark, T., 31 Dec 2023, In: Scientific Data. 10, 1, 656.
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Recognising the value of software: how libraries can help the adoption of software citation
Chue Hong, N. P., Cope, J., Herterich, P., Katz, D. S. & Worthington, S., 23 Jun 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

Open Access
Recognizing the value of software: a software citation guide [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Katz, D. S., Chue Hong, N. P., Clark, T., Muench, A., Stall, S., Bouquin, D., Cannon, M., Edmunds, S., Faez, T., Feeney, P., Fenner, M., Friedman, M., Grenier, G., Harrison, M., Heber, J., Leary, A., MacCallum, C., Murray, H., Pastrana, E., Perry, K., & 3 othersSchuster, D., Stockhause, M. & Yeston, J., 12 Jan 2021, In: F1000Research.
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File

3 Participation in conference
3 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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1 Providing oral or written evidence for non-academic board, committee, working group or advisory panel

FORCE2021
Neil Chue Hong (Speaker)
6 Dec 2021 → 10 Dec 2021
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Reproducibility and research integrity inquiry - Written Evidence Submitted by the Software Sustainability Institute (RRE0038)
Neil Chue Hong (Contributor)
30 Sept 2021
Activity: Consultancy types › Providing oral or written evidence for non-academic board, committee, working group or advisory panel

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Coalition for Publishing Data in the Earth and Space Science Editor Workshop Webinar Series
Neil Chue Hong (Chair)
17 May 2021
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

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Projects

The Software Sustainability Institute: Phase 2

Research output

Journal Production Guidance for Software and Data Citations

Recognising the value of software: how libraries can help the adoption of software citation

Recognizing the value of software: a software citation guide [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Activities

FORCE2021

Reproducibility and research integrity inquiry - Written Evidence Submitted by the Software Sustainability Institute (RRE0038)

Coalition for Publishing Data in the Earth and Space Science Editor Workshop Webinar Series

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