Software is widely used and produced in the course of research. Yet, published works (e.g. journal papers and conference posters) do not always cite the software that was essential for the research. Citing software has numerous benefits, including facilitating the reproducibility and transparency of research, as well as providing attribution and credit for the developers. This talk will discuss the benefits of citing software, how to cite software and practical suggestions for how to make your software easier for others to cite.
This talk will include real examples and practical tips. Topics covered will include:
This talk is aimed at anyone who uses software in their research, creates software that is used in research, or does both.
Stephanie Chong enjoys contributing to open source software, with a focus on improving software documentation. Her main contributions have been to the open source, Python package “scores” (https://scores.readthedocs.io) which provides metrics for verifying and evaluating forecasts and models.
