TL DR Great experience, go for it.It may feel confusing to understand what type of citation to use, where, and when, but don’t worry. I wrote a review of the journal on my blog. Additionally, writing a software paper is far easier than writing a methodology paper. What it is nice with this approach is that researchers have an extra motivation to open their software for research: they get a publication for that, plus citations. However, they can be fully waived if you cannot afford them. The article processing charges are 25GBP. The editorial process works as in any other research venue, and articles are peer-reviewed. This journal only accepts software papers on open source software for research.Ī software paper is a special kind of paper, which describes the software-e.g., what is it about, implementation and architecture, its availability, and its reuse potential. This is possible because I opted to publish a software paper in the Journal of Open Research Software. Journal of Open Research Software 1(1):e4, DOI: A Web-based modeling tool for the SEMAT Essence theory of software engineering. I developed an Open Source Web tool for modeling and gathering data when following a certain theory/methodology in software engineering. However, it requires some effort from the software authors. I was asked to provide my comment as an answer, so here it is. See also how to assign DOI to a particular commit in your repository. How to cite software in LaTeX - SuperUser.SE.How to cite sourcecode from an svn repository - TeX.SE.How to cite a sequence from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS)? - MathOverflow.Of course if you do have a publication related to this piece of code (even if only by fact it is your first publication basing on this code), don't forget to cite is as well! (In the current academic system it is all that counts.)Īnd respective BibTeX entry: = īeware, this above are improvisations (especially the BibTeX entry), not standards.Įven for more established and citable things there are not set standards, see e.g.:

Just is is crucial to include: author, title (if style includes it), year and link. Or a bit different, depending on your citation style. Charles, Project Title, (2013), GitHub repository,

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