Here is the GigaScience Instructions to authors for refrerences:
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How to Format your references
For reference, here is the GigaScience preferred format for “computer programs”:
Software without persistent identifier but with version and identifier (URL)
SAMtools (2020). SAMtools (Version 1.1) https://github.com/samtools/samtools/releases/tag/1.11
Software with persistent identifier
Piccolo S, Hill K, Suh E, Dayton J. (2019, November 15). srp33/ShinyLearner: Gigascience (Version 1). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3543724
Complaint:
The current GigaScience format for “computer programs” does not include “urls”, “date published”.“DOIs” or “version numbers” this results in rather useless references which are hilarioulsy short:
Example of current paperpile style:
30. Meshcheryakov G. conorm.
Example of properly formatted style:
30. Meshcheryakov G. (2021) conorm (Version 1.2.0) https://gitlab.com/georgy.m/conorm.
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