Citation Files

Learn about CITATION.cff files for academic software

Citation files help researchers and developers properly cite your software in academic publications.

CITATION.cff Format

The Citation File Format (CFF) is a human and machine-readable format for software citation metadata.

cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
authors:
- family-names: "Doe"
  given-names: "Jane"
title: "My Research Software"
version: 2.0.4
date-released: 2023-01-01
url: "https://github.com/example/my-software"

Benefits

  • Easier academic citation
  • GitHub integration
  • DOI support
  • Version tracking