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DOI: https://doi.org/10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2021.11.015

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Theoretical Exploration and Practical Progress of Software Citation and Its Specification

  • Ding Jingda ,
  • Zheng Qiao ,
  • Liu Chao
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  • Department of Library, Information and Archives, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444

Received date: 2020-12-28

  Revised date: 2021-03-01

  Online published: 2021-06-10

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Abstract

[Purpose/significance] This paper surveys the status of theory and practice of software citation, analyzes the existing difficulties and problems, and promotes the establishment of software citation norm and standard. [Method/process] Through the literature research, it’s found that software citation has faced four challenges: acceptance culture, reward system, citation cognition and metadata. Then this paper analyzed the exploration of theory and practice of software citation and its specification at home and abroad in order to meet the challenges. [Result/conclusion] Stakeholder analysis of software citation, theoretical exploration of software citation principles and metadata standards, citation guidelines of international research organizations and communities, support of related projects and databases, personnel training, implementation of contribution distribution and reward plan, and provision of software citation documents have laid a good foundation for the establishment of software citation norms, but the stakeholders still need work together to overcome the difficulties and challenges of software citation.

Key words： software citation; software citation principle; software citation norm; software citation practice

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Ding Jingda , Zheng Qiao , Liu Chao . Theoretical Exploration and Practical Progress of Software Citation and Its Specification[J]. Library and Information Service, 2021 , 65(11) : 143 -152 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2021.11.015

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