For software which is useful to people other than its producer by itself or as a generator of data, it may be useful to publish an article about how the software works in a refereed journal. This is a great way to publish and publicize our software efforts, and get publication and citation credit for our work, supplementing software distribution sites and online documentation. A panel of representatives of various journals which publish articles about software will discuss what they are looking for in papers and how to participate in the publishing process, not just as an author, but as a referee.
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXXII. ASP Conference Series,
Vol. 538, Proceedings of an online conference held 31 Oct-4 Nov 2022.
Edited by Sevrin Gaudet, David Bohlender, Stephen Gwyn, Adam Hincks,
and Peter Teuben
San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2025, p.439
2025/09
I wrote the abstract, but was incommunicado in a hospital with a brain injury and missed the conference entirely... -Jessica