Abstract: Software citation is good for research transparency and reproducibility, and maybe, if you work it right, for your CV, too. You can get credit and recognition through citations for your code! This presentation highlights several powerful methods for increasing the probability that use of your research software will be cited, and cited correctly. The presentation covers how to create codemeta.json and CITATION.cff automagically from Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL ascl.net) entries, edit, and use these files, the value of including such files on your code site(s), and efforts underway in astronomy and other fields to improve software citation and credit.

Authors: A. Allen^1,2, R. Nemiroff³, P. Ryan¹, J. Schmidt¹, P. Teuben^2
1Astrophysics Source Code Library
²Astronomy Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
³Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

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