The challenge and promise of software citation for credit, identification, discovery, and reuse
Kyle E. Niemeyer, Arfon M. Smith, and Daniel S. Katz
TL;DR
This paper discusses the importance, challenges, and future directions of software citation to ensure proper credit, identification, discovery, and reuse of software in research.
Contribution
It highlights key challenges and proposes research directions for effective software citation and metadata standards.
Findings
Identifies challenges in software citation
Suggests metadata requirements for citation
Outlines future research directions
Abstract
In this article, we present the challenge of software citation as a method to ensure credit for and identification, discovery, and reuse of software in scientific and engineering research. We discuss related work and key challenges/research directions, including suggestions for metadata necessary for software citation.
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