OpenRefine Citation

[Christian]

I'm writing a paper where we use OpenRefine, how should I cite it properly? Is there a journal paper describing the features of OpenRefine?

I found some but they seem old: Ham, Kelli. "OpenRefine (version 2.5). http://openrefine. org. Free, open-source tool for cleaning and transforming data." Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA 101.3 (2013): 233.

Or describe specific use cases that were solved with OpenRefine: Ahmi, Aidi. "OpenRefine: An approachable tool for cleaning and harmonizing bibliographical data." AIP Conference Proceedings . Vol. 2827. No. 1. AIP Publishing, 2023.

Most papers that use OpenRefine just cite the GitHub repo.

What is the best way to properly cite OpenRefine for academic purposes?

[AtesComp]

Here are some examples. For the author, use "Code for Science & Society".

OpenRefine is a fiscally sponsored project of Code for Science & Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in the USA. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by US law (Tax ID: 81-3791683).

OpenRefine's website and documentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Examples of Citations:

• APA Style:

  • Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the software (Version number) [Computer software]. Publisher. https://libguides.vu.edu.au/apa-referencing/7DatasetsSoftwareTests [8]

• MLA Style:

  • Developer Surname, First M. Title of the Software. Version number, Publisher, Publication Day Month Year. https://www.chegg.com/writing/features/citation-generator/how-to-cite-software [6]

• IEEE Style:

  • <author(s) names> () <title of program/source code> () []. Web address or publisher. Citing Programming Code - Computer Science & Computer Engineering - Research Guides at University of Arkansas [14]

[antonin_d]

I'd rather use the DOI created by Zenodo, which comes with example citation formats:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15089184

OpenRefine/OpenRefine: OpenRefine 3.9.2