Concept
Research software
Research software is source code, algorithms, scripts, workflows and executables created during the research process or for a research purpose.
How it connects
Related to
- Research software relates to Citation File Format (CITATION.cff). Lets research software be cited correctly.
- Research software relates to CodeMeta. Helps research software be findable, reusable and citable.
- Research software relates to FAIR4RS Principles. Defines how research software should be findable and reusable.
- Research software relates to Research Software Alliance (ReSA). Its whole remit is recognising and supporting research software.
- Research software relates to Software Heritage. Its mission includes preserving software so that research can be reproduced.
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Description
This is the definition used by the FAIR4RS principles, which adapt the FAIR principles to software. Metadata files such as CodeMeta and CITATION.cff exist so that software can be described and cited.
Attributes
| url | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95001953 |
|---|---|
| identifiers | wikidata: Q95001953 |
| status | active |
| governance | Not applicable |
| prominence | extended |
| type | Concept |
| Tags | region: global |
Sources
- https://www.researchsoft.org/about/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Quotes Barker et al. 2022: source code, algorithms, scripts, workflows, executables "created during the research process or for a research purpose".
- https://zenodo.org/records/6623556(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): FAIR4RS Principles v1.0 record.
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95001953(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Label: research software; "software written for the purpose of research"; no Wikipedia sitelinks.
Last reviewed: 2026-11-13
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