g.citation: Scientific citation for individual GRASS GIS software modules

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1 Research Infrastructure, DIW Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2 Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
3 mundialis GmbH & Co. KG, Bonn, Germany
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.27206v1
Published
Accepted
Subject Areas
Digital Libraries, Spatial and Geographic Information Systems
Keywords
GRASS GIS, Software citation, research code, code citation
Copyright
© 2018 Löwe et al.
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Löwe P, Petras V, Neteler M, Mitasova H. 2018. g.citation: Scientific citation for individual GRASS GIS software modules. PeerJ Preprints 6:e27206v1

Abstract

The authors introduce the GRASS GIS add-on module g.citation. The module extends the existing citation capabilities of GRASS GIS, which until now only provide for automated citation of the software project as a whole, authored by the GRASS Development Team, without reference to individual persons. The functionalities of the new module enable individual code citation for each of the over 500 implemented functionalities, including add-on modules. Three different classes of citation output are provided in a variety human- and machine-readable formats. The implications of this reference implementation of scientific software citation for both for the GRASS GIS project and the OSGeo foundation are outlined.

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This submission is intended for the OGRS'2018 Collection