The Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL), founded in 1999 by Robert Nemiroff and John Wallin.

https://ascl.net/

The Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL) is a free online registry for source codes of interest to astronomers and astrophysicists, including solar system astronomers, and lists codes that have been used in research that has appeared in, or been submitted to, peer-reviewed publications.

Papers and articles; Web resources and tools; Rece

Astrophysics

NASA and Michigan Technological University (MTU), United States of America

Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS); Michigan Technological University (MTU); University of Maryland College Park; the American Astronomical Society

Yes

Pontzen A., Roškar R., Stinson G. S. et al 2013 pynbody: Astrophysics Simulation Analysis for Python, 0.46, Astrophysics Source Code Library ascl:1305.002

The Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL), founded in 1999 by Robert Nemiroff and John Wallin. Entries in the ASCL are indexed by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and Web of Science's Data Citation Index and because each code is assigned a unique ascl ID, software can be cited in a journal paper even when there is no citable paper describing the code. Web of Science and ADS indexing makes research software more discoverable. Additionally, ADS can link some papers which use codes to the code entries, which makes it easier to examine the computational methods used. ADS also tracks citations for software (assuming the citations are formatted correctly), which can help research software authors for whom citations are an important measure.