What do we need beyond a DOI?
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The document discusses the limitations of obtaining a DOI for software through platforms like GitHub, arXiv, and figshare, particularly regarding indexing and citation tracking. It emphasizes the importance of consistent metadata, curation, and collaboration with indexers to enhance the recognition and credit for software contributions. The document highlights the need for a community-driven approach to address these issues in research software citation.
What do we need beyond a DOI?
- 1. www.ci.anl.gov www.ci.uchicago.edu What do we need beyond a DOI? Daniel S. Katz Senior Fellow, Computation Institute (University of Chicago & Argonne National Laboratory) Affiliate Faculty, Center for Computation & Technology (Louisiana State University)
- 2. www.ci.anl.gov www.ci.uchicago.edu 2 Are we done? • I can get a DOI for my software by putting it in GitHub, creating a release, and filling out a page on Zenodo. • Now I just tell people to cite my DOI, right?
- 3. www.ci.anl.gov www.ci.uchicago.edu 3 Like arXiv? • I put some text on arXiv.org, and I got a URL • But this URL isn’t quite the same a paper’s DOI • It’s not indexed like a paper – Google scholar, yes; Scopus & WoS, no • Is it curated/reviewed? – Curated, yes
- 4. www.ci.anl.gov www.ci.uchicago.edu 4 Like figshare? • I put some text on figshare.com, and I got a DOI • But this DOI isn’t quite the same a paper’s DOI • It’s not indexed like a paper – Google scholar, Scopus & WoS, no • Is it curated/reviewed? – Curated, yes
- 5. www.ci.anl.gov www.ci.uchicago.edu 5 Why is indexing important? • In the web, pages that are not crawled by indexers do not appear in search results • In research, products that are not indexed don’t have citations tracked – Contributors don’t get credit for them, e.g. h-index – Can’t see full credit network if nodes are missing
- 6. www.ci.anl.gov www.ci.uchicago.edu 6 What else do we need for software? 1. Consistent and standardized metadata – Work underway by Jones et al. – https://github.com/mbjones/codemeta 2. Consistent curation and review processes – What is needed to review and “vouch for” software? – Who will do it? Journals? Domain communities? Institutions? 3. Work with indexers – Can talk to Scopus and WoS about creating software objects and tracking citations – Scholar behind the Google Curtain o Do we need an open community indexer?