Streamlining and standardizing software citations with The Software Citation Station
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2025-09-19 v2 Digital Libraries
Abstract
Software is crucial for the advancement of astronomy especially in the context of rapidly growing datasets that increasingly require algorithm and pipeline development to process the data and produce results. However, software has not always been consistently cited, despite its importance to strengthen support for software development. To encourage, streamline, and standardize the process of citing software in academic work such as publications we introduce 'The Software Citation Station': a publicly available website and tool to quickly find or add software citations
Cite
@article{arxiv.2406.04405,
title = {Streamlining and standardizing software citations with The Software Citation Station},
author = {Tom Wagg and Floor S. Broekgaarden},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.04405},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Visit the Software citation station at https://www.tomwagg.com/software-citation-station/ which includes a very easy form to add your own software package! comments welcome!