Software Policies
Over the last few years, publishers have been making their Software Citation Policies known either at the publisher level or at the journal level. These policies range in their mandate but many require authors to cite the software central to their findings, following published guidance from the FORCE11 Software Citation Implementation Working Group.

CHORUS has created a centralized index of these policies with links to the publisher’s site. This chart will be updated at least annually.

Please let us know about any updates or requested enhancements by contacting us at info@chorusaccess.org.

Publisher Policy URL Policy Type
AAAS* https://www.sciencemag.org/authors/science-journals-editorial-policies#research-standards Publisher
AAS* https://journals.aas.org/news/policy-statement-on-software/ Publisher
ACM* https://www.acm.org/publications/artifacts Publisher
ACS* https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsguide.40303 Publisher
AGU* https://www.agu.org/Publish-with-AGU/Publish/Author-Resources/Data-and-Software-for-Authors Publisher
AMetSociety* https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/about-ams/ams-statements/statements-of-the-ams-in-force/software-preservation-stewardship-and-reuse/ Publisher
The Company of Biologists https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/journal-policies Publisher
CSIRO Publishing https://www.publish.csiro.au/sr/forauthors/authorinstructions#19 Publisher
eLife https://reviewer.elifesciences.org/author-guide/journal-policies Publisher
Elsevier* https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/research-data Publisher
F1000 https://f1000research.com/for-authors/article-guidelines/research-articles Publisher
Frontiers https://www.frontiersin.org/guidelines/policies-and-publication-ethics Publisher
GigaScience Press https://academic.oup.com/gigascience/pages/editorial_policies_and_reporting_standards#Availability%20of%20Data%20and%20Materials https://gigabytejournal.com/editorial-policies#availability-of-data-and-materials Journal
IOP Publishing* https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/research-data/ Publisher
MDPI https://www.mdpi.com/authors/references Publisher
OUP* https://academic.oup.com/pages/open-research/research-data Publisher
PNAS* https://www.pnas.org/authors/editorial-and-journal-policies#materials-and-data-availability
PLoS https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/s/code-availability Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry* https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/author-and-reviewer-hub/authors-information/prepare-and-format/data-sharing/ Publisher
Society for Neuroscience https://www.jneurosci.org/content/information-authors Publisher
Springer Nature* https://www.nature.com/nature-research/editorial-policies/reporting-standards#availability-of-computer-code Publisher
Taylor & Francis https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/editorial-policies/citations/ Publisher
The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Publisher
Wiley https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/open-access/data-sharing-citation/faqs.html Publisher

Notes: * Asterisks indicate CHORUS Publisher Members. Chart will be updated at least annually.

 

 

 

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Last updated 19 September 2023