Astrophysics Source Code Library: Here we grow again!

TL;DR

The paper discusses the growth and recent developments of the Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL), a key resource for astrophysics research codes, highlighting increased usage, new features, and its role in scientific citation.

Contribution

It reports on the recent expansion of ASCL, including new features like dashboards and DOIs, and emphasizes its importance as a domain-specific research code library.

Findings

Citations to ASCL codes have doubled annually since 2012

ASCL has over 1300 entries covering all astrophysics research areas

New features include dashboards and DOI minting for software

Abstract

The Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL) is a free online registry of research codes; it is indexed by ADS and Web of Science and has over 1300 code entries. Its entries are increasingly used to cite software; citations have been doubling each year since 2012 and every major astronomy journal accepts citations to the ASCL. Codes in the resource cover all aspects of astrophysics research and many programming languages are represented. In the past year, the ASCL added dashboards for users and administrators, started minting Digital Objective Identifiers (DOIs) for software it houses, and added metadata fields requested by users. This presentation covers the ASCL's growth in the past year and the opportunities afforded it as one of the few domain libraries for science research codes.