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Papers

2022
Nine best practices for research software registries and repositories
Daniel Garijo​ et al, PeerJ Computer Science, 8:e1023

Advancing the Landscape of Multimessenger Science in the Next Decade
Kristi Engel et al, Snowmass 2021

The Future of Gamma-Ray Experiments in the MeV-EeV Range
Kristi Engel et al, Snowmass 2021

2021
Citation method, please? A case study in astrophysics
Alice Allen

2020
Nine Best Practices for Research Software Registries and Repositories: A Concise Guide
Task Force on Best Practices for Software Registries

2019
Elevating the Role of Software as a Product of the Research Enterprise
Arfon Smith et al, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white papers, no. 52; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 7, id. 52, 2019 September
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2019BAAS...51g..52S/EPRINT_HTML

Sustaining Community-Driven Software for Astronomy in the 2020s
Erik Tollerud et al, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white papers, no. 180; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 7, id. 180, 2019 September
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2019BAAS...51g.180T/PUB_PDF

Short Author List Codes
Alice Allen, P. Wesley Ryan, Robert J. Nemiroff, Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, Volume 3, Issue 7, article id. 102, 2019 July

2018
Schroedinger's code: A preliminary study on research source code availability and link persistence in astrophysics
Alice Allen, Peter J. Teuben, P. Wesley Ryan, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 236, Number 1, 2018 May
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/aab764/meta | arXiv pre-print

Best Practices for a Future Open Code Policy: Experiences and Vision of the Astrophysics Source Code Library
Lior Shamir, Bruce Berriman, Peter Teuben, Robert Nemiroff, Alice Allen; white paper submitted to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Best Practices for a Future Open Code Policy for NASA Space Science Project Committee

2015
Looking before leaping: Creating a software registry
Alice Allen, Judy Schmidt, Journal of Open Research Software, Volume 3, Issue 1, November 23, 2015
http://doi.org/10.5334/jors.bv

2014
Looking before leaping: Creating a software registry
Alice Allen, Judy Schmidt, accepted for 2nd Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE2)

2013
Practices in source code sharing in astrophysics
Lior Shamir et al, Astronomy and Computing, Volume 1, February 2013, Pages 54–58
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ascom.2013.04.001 | arXiv pre-print


Proceedings and posters

2024
How Important is Software to Astronomy?
Alice Allen
XXXII IAU General Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa

ASCL, ADS, and EMAC: Improving the visibility and citability of exoplanet research software
Alice Allen, Alberto Accomazzi, Joe P. Renaud
243rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, id. 258.21. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 56, No. 2 e-id 2024n2i258p21

Using the Astrophysics Source Code Library in the classroom
Alice Allen, Kimberly DuPrie, Peter Teuben, Robert Nemiroff
243rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, id. 168.05. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 56, No. 2 e-id 2024n2i168p05

How and Why the Astrophysics Source Code Library Was Formed
Robert Nemiroff, John Wallin, Alice Allen
243rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, id. 146.04. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 56, No. 2 e-id 2024n2i146p04

2023
Improving the visibility and citability of exoplanet research software
Alice Allen, Alberto Accomazzi, Joe P. Renaud
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXXIII
Blog post | Slides (PDF) | Pre-print

Why others might not be citing your astronomy software
Alice Allen
American Astronomical Society Meeting #241, id. 105.01. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 55, No. 2 e-id 2023n2i105p01
Poster | Blog post

Virtual Astronomy Software Talks: A monthly seminar on astronomy software
Amruta Jaodand, Alice Allen, Michael Zingale, Catherine Slaughter
American Astronomical Society Meeting #241, id. 172.01. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 55, No. 2 e-id 2023n2i172p01

2022
It's your software! Get it cited the way you want!
Alice Allen
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXXII
Blog post | Posters 1 & 2 (JPG)

Using the Astrophysics Source Code Library: Find, cite, download, parse, study, and submit
Alice Allen
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXXII
Blog post | Slides (PDF) | Video recording

How to Better Describe Software for Discovery and Citation
Peter Teuben, Alice Allen, G. Bruce Berriman
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXX. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 532, p.627
https://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/532-0627.html

Making Organizational Software Easier to Find in ASCL and ADS
Alice Allen, Siddha Mavuram, Robert J. Nemiroff, Judy Schmidt, Peter Teuben
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXX. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 532, p.533
https://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/532-0533.html

ASCL's New API: Query Our Database
Siddha Mavuram, Alice Allen, Peter Teuben
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXX. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 532, p.455
https://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/532-0455.html

Future Governance of the Astrophysics Source Code Library
Alice Allen, P.W. Ryan
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIX. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 527, San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2020, p.781
http:s//aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/527-0781.html

Opening the computational box: software sharing and the ASCL
Alice Allen, Reproducibility and Open Science in Astronomy (ROSA2022)
Slides | Blog post

2021
SciCodes: Astronomy Research Software and Beyond
Alice Allen, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXXI
Poster | Lightning Talk

Increasing the visibility of NASA astrophysics software through the ASCL
Peter J. Teuben, Alice Allen
American Astronomical Society meeting #237, id. 211.09. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 53, No. 1 e-id 2021n1i211p09

Life, the Universe and Everything… you ever wanted to know about the Astrophysics Source Code Library
Alice Allen, Kimberly DuPrie, Catherine Gosmeyer, Siddha Mavuram, Robert Nemiroff, P.W. Ryan, Judy Schmidt, Peter J. Teuben
American Astronomical Society meeting #237, id. 127.05. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 53, No. 1 e-id 2021n1i127p05

Come search the ASCL with our new API!
Siddha Mavuram, Peter Teuben, Alice Allen
American Astronomical Society meeting #237, id. 127.01. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 53, No. 1 e-id 2021n1i127p01

2020
Making organizational software easier to find in ASCL and ADS
Alice Allen, Siddha Mavuram, Robert J. Nemiroff, Judy Schmidt, Peter Teuben, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXX
Poster | Lightning talk

The Astrophysics Source Code Library: What's New, What's Coming
Alice Allen, G. Bruce Berriman, Kimberly DuPrie, Jessica Mink, Robert Nemiroff, P. Wesley Ryan, Judy Schmidt, Lior Shamir, Keith Shortridge, Mark Taylor, Peter Teuben, John Wallin, Rein H. Warmels, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVII. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 522, p.731, 2020

Best ways to let others know how to cite your research software
Alice Allen, Robert Nemiroff, PW Ryan, Judy Schmidt, Peter Teuben, American Astronomical Society meeting #235, id. 109.12. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 52, No. 1
Poster

2019
The ADASS Time Domain Astronomy Hackathon
Brian Thomas, Alice Allen, Marc W. Pound, Peter Teuben, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 523, p.723, October 2019
http://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/523-0723.html

Receiving Credit for Research Software
Alice Allen, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 523, p.723, October 2019
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2019ASPC..523..593A/PUB_HTML

Implementing Ideas for Improving Software Citation and Credit
Peter Teuben et al, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 523, p.723, October 2019
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2019ASPC..521..737T/PUB_HTML

Availability of Hyperlinked Resources in Astrophysics Papers
P. Wesley Ryan, Alice Allen, Peter Teuben, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 523, p.723, October 2019
Paper | Poster

2018
The Astrophysics Source Code Library by the numbers
Alice Allen et al, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #231, January 2018, id.150.10
Poster

Schroedinger’s code: Source code availability and transparency in astrophysics
PW Ryan, Alice Allen, and Peter Teuben, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #231, January 2018, id.150.28
Poster

2017
Software metadata: How much is enough?
Alice Allen et al, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVII, October 2017

The Astrophysics Source Code Library: What's new, what's coming
Alice Allen et al, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVII, October 2017
Poster

Top ten reasons to register your code with the Astrophysics Source Code Library
Alice Allen et al, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #229, January 2017, #229, id.236.13
Poster

2016
Implementing Ideas for Improving Software Citation and Credit
Peter Teuben et al, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVI, October 2016
Pre-print | Blog post | Resources | Session Google doc

Astrophysics Source Code Library: Here we grow again!
Alice Allen et al, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVI, October 2016
Pre-print | Poster

Making your code citable with the Astrophysics Source Code Library
Alice Allen et al, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #227, January 2016, #227, id.348.01
Poster

Astronomy education and the Astrophysics Source Code Library
Alice Allen, Robert J. Nemiroff, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #227, January 2016, #227, id.247.07
Poster

2015
Improving Software Citation and Credit
Alice Allen et al, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXV, October 2015
Pre-print | Published paper | Blog post | Resources | Session Google doc

Astrophysics Source Code Library, ver 3.1
Alice Allen et al, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXV, October 2015
Pre-print | Published paper | Poster

Astrophysics Source Code Library -- Now even better!
Alice Allen et al, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #225, January 2015, #336.57
Poster

2014
Astrophysics Source Code Library Enhancements
Robert J. Hanisch et al, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIV, October 2014
Poster | pre-print

You're Written a Cool Astronomy Code! Now What Do You Do with It?
Alice Allen et al, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #223, January 2014, #255.25
Poster | AAS Extras

2013
Ideas for Advancing Code Sharing (A Different Kind of Hack Day)
Peter Teuben et al, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIII October 2013
Proceedings paper | arXiv pre-print | Blog post | Working documents

Astrophysics Source Code Library: Incite to Cite!
Kimberly DuPrie et al, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIII October 2013
Proceedings paper | arXiv pre-print | poster

The Astrophysics Source Code Library: Where do we go from here?
A. Allen, B. Berriman, K. DuPrie, R. J. Hanisch, J. Mink, R. J. Nemiroff, L. Shamir, K. Shortridge, M. B. Taylor, P. Teuben, J. Wallen, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIII October 2013
arXiv pre-print

Using the Astrophysics Source Code Library
A. Allen, P.J. Teuben, G.B. Berriman, K. DuPrie, R.J. Hanisch, J.D. Mink, R.J. Nemiroff, L. Shamir, J.F. Wallin, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #221,  January 2013, #240.01

2012
Bring out your codes! Bring out your codes! (Increasing Software Visibility and Re-use)
A. Allen, B. Berriman,  R. Brunner, D. Burger, K. DuPrie, R. J. Hanisch, R. Mann, J. Mink, C. Sandin, K. Shortridge, P. Teuben, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXII November 2012
arXiv pre-print

Astrophysics Source Code Library
A. Allen, K. DuPrie, B. Berriman, R. J. Hanisch, J. Mink, P. Teuben, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXII November 2012
arXiv pre-print

The Astrophysics Source Code Library: An Update, Alice Allen, R.J. Nemiroff, L. Shamir, P.J. Teuben, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, January 2012, #145.10

2011
Practices in Code Discoverability
P. Teuben, A. Allen, R. J. Nemiroff, L. Shamir, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXI, November, 2011
arXiv pre-print

Practices in Code Discoverability: Astrophysics Source Code Library
A. Allen, P. Teuben, R. J. Nemiroff, L. Shamir, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXI, November 2011
arXiv pre-print

2000
Current Status of the Astrophysics Source Code Library
P. Helbig & R. J. Nemiroff, 2000, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 197, 116.05

1999
The Astrophysics Source Code Library
R. J. Nemiroff & J. F. Wallin, 1999, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 194, 44.08


Press

2018
Computational astrophysics for the future
Science, September 7, 2018

GPUs Mine Astronomical Datasets For Golden Insight Nuggets
The Next Platform, April 16, 2018

Irreproducible astronomy
Physics Today, April 4, 2018

2016
The Astrophysics Source Code Library
Library of Congress The Signal, April 28, 2016

The code librarian
Nature Toolbox, January 22, 2016 (online)
February 4 print issue

2015
Licensing Astrophysics Codes Session at AAS 225
AAS posts, February 20, 2015

2014
Enhancements to the Astronomy Source Code Library (ASCL)
Astronomy Computing Today, September 11, 2014

Enhancements for the Astrophysics Source Code Library
AAS posts, August 18, 2014

Resources for Licensing Your Code
Astronomy Computing Today, March 5, 2014

Astrophysics Code Sharing II: The Sequel
AAS posts, January 28, 2014

2013
Astronomy Source Code Library Closes In On 600 Codes!
Astronomy Computing Today, March 4, 2013

Astrophysics Code Sharing? AAS Splinter Meeting, January 2013
Astronomy Computing Today, January 18, 2013

2012
Publish your code! The Astrophysics Source Code Library
Astrobites, September 20, 2012

Code in the Astrophysics Source Code Library is now citable
AstroBetter, February 8, 2012

2011
Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL)
AstroBetter, September 2, 2011

Get your astrophysics source code here!
International Science Grid This Week (iSGTW), August 3, 2011

The Astrophysics Source Code Library, Astronomy Computing Today, July 8, 2011


Reports

Annual reports were released in March for the previous calendar year from 2012 to 2018 and are available in PDF format.

Annual Report for 2018
Annual report for 2017
Annual report for 2016
Annual report for 2015
Annual report for 2014
Annual Report for 2013
Annual Report for 2012