DOIs for research software: Increasing Visibility, Connectivity, Citability

Research software are vital outputs of the research endeavour. They are often integral to the generation of research data, and rely on the same technical and social infrastructure to disseminate, cultivate, and coordinate activities. While adherence of research software to the ideals of openness and FAIRness should be per se intellegitur, only recently have efforts been started to ensure they are afforded the same long-term preservation and stewardship as other research outputs. However, research software engineers are yet to view making their software FAIR and Open as normative and in their interests. The value of adding PIDs to research software to expose both citation metrics and their interconnections with other research entities is expected to increase researcher buy-in and drive change. In her presentation, Gabi shows how DataCite supports research software as a resource type. A recording of the presentation can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaUdaQ-lI1E&t=1294