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CITATION.cff

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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+title: COMPASS data reduction pipeline
+message: >-
+  If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from
+  this file. Please also cite Jørgensen et al. (2026) to refer to
+  COMPASS large program, and Plunkett, Maret et al. (2026) to refer to
+  the COMPASS data reduction approach.
+type: software
+authors:
+  - family-names: Maret
+    given-names: Sébastien
+    email: sebastien.maret@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
+    affiliation: "Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1104-4554"
+  - family-names: Plunkett
+    given-names: Adele
+    affiliation: "National Radio Astronomy Observatory"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9912-5705"
+  - family-names: Jørgensen
+    given-names: Jes Kristian
+    affiliation: "Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9133-8047"
+abstract: >
+  Data reduction pipeline for COMPASS (Complex Organic
+  Molecules in Protostars with ALMA Spectral Surveys), an
+  ALMA Large Program to systematically characterize the
+  presence of complex organic molecules of a sample of 11
+  deeply embedded low-mass protostars through unbiased
+  spectral surveys.
+license: BSD-3-Clause
+#identifiers:
+#  - type: swh
+#    value:
+references:
+  - title: "COMPASS: Complex Organic Molecules in Protostars with ALMA Spectral Surveys: Overview of the ALMA Large Program"
+    type: article
+    authors:
+      - family-names: Jørgensen
+        given-names: Jes Kristian
+    journal: "Astronomy & Astrophysics"
+    #volume:
+    #pages:
+    year: 2026
+    #doi:
+    scope: "Cite this paper to reference the COMPASS large program."
+  - title: "COMPASS: Approach to data reduction and products for line-rich broadband (sub-)millimetre spectra"
+    type: article
+    authors:
+    - family-names: Plunkett
+      given-names: Adele
+      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9912-5705"
+    journal: "Astronomy & Astrophysics"
+    #volume:
+    #pages:
+    year: 2026
+    #doi:
+    scope: "Cite this paper to reference the approach used for the reduction of the COMPASS data."

README.md

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-# COMPASS data reduction
+# COMPASS data reduction pipeline
 
-This repository contains the data reduction scripts for
+This repository contains the data reduction pipeline for
 [COMPASS](https://erda.ku.dk/vgrid/COMPASS/) (Complex Organic
 Molecules in Protostars with ALMA Spectral Surveys), an [ALMA Large
 Program](https://almascience.eso.org/alma-data/lp) to systematically
 characterize the presence of complex organic molecules of a sample of
 11 deeply embedded low-mass protostars through unbiased spectral
 surveys.
 
-The data reduction is done with
-[IMAGER](https://imager.oasu.u-bordeaux.fr), an interferometric
-imaging package.
+The data reduction pipeline is implemented using
+[IMAGER](https://imager.oasu.u-bordeaux.fr), an
+interferometric imaging package.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
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 This avoids side effects when running the reduction script several
 times.
+
+## Citing this repository
+
+If you use this software in your work, please cite it using the
+metadata from the [citation file](CITATION.cff). Please also cite
+Jørgensen et al. (2026) to refer to COMPASS large program, and
+Plunkett, Maret et al. (2026) to refer to the COMPASS data reduction
+approach.