CIG Publications 2010-2015: Geoscience Software Citation Practices

A dataset from the Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) community assesses software citation practices in geoscience research. It examines publication lists from 2010 to 2015 and citation requests in software user manuals. The dataset was compiled by Lorraine Hwang of the University of California, Davis.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in software citation frequency based on publication lists from 2010-2015
• Comparing developer citation requests in user manuals against actual citation practices
• Studying the attribution of specialized scientific software as an intellectual contribution
• Assessing community practices for establishing software provenance and promoting reuse

Strengths

• Focuses on a defined geoscience community (CIG) over a specific 5-year period (2010-2015)
• Draws from two distinct sources: a publication list and software user manuals

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

University of California, Davis

Collection Method

Assessed by examining the CIG publication list and citation requests in user manuals for all CIG held codes.

Time Range

2010-2015