Research software citation in the Data Citation Index: Current practices and implications for research software sharing and reuse

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Highlights：

• We analyze the prevalence of research software citation in Clarivate Analytics’ Data Citation Index (DCI).

• To date, most software citations have been limited to research software hosted by a small number of repositories.

• Research software remains highly uncited in the DCI, or the reuse of research software is not well reflected in the DCI.

• The use of persistent identifiers, which can help to identify research software did not necessarily result in higher citation rates.

摘要

•We analyze the prevalence of research software citation in Clarivate Analytics’ Data Citation Index (DCI).•To date, most software citations have been limited to research software hosted by a small number of repositories.•Research software remains highly uncited in the DCI, or the reuse of research software is not well reflected in the DCI.•The use of persistent identifiers, which can help to identify research software did not necessarily result in higher citation rates.

论文关键词：Software citation,Software sharing,Software reuse,Research software,Research data

论文评审过程：Received 3 July 2018, Revised 18 February 2019, Accepted 10 March 2019, Available online 21 March 2019, Version of Record 21 March 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2019.03.005