When you write an astronomy paper, you use software to carry out your data analysis. To generate the plots and figures you use a series of computer scripts that use this software and produce the graphical output as plots and figures.
If you haven't done so already, register for an ORCID Identifier. The sites mentioned below have tight integration with ORCID, so it simplifies matters. Here is my ORCID ID and page.
Procedure for software packages:
- Learn version control using GIT and how to upload your software to github. Make sure you choose a permissive license for your software - I have used the BSD 3-clause license.
- Register the software at Astrophysics Source Code Library (Q: does this happen automatically or should you be active in it?)
- Optionally upload it to Zenodo (Q: why Zenodo over any other storage place?)
Procedure for plots and figure scripts:
- Code it in a Jupyter notebook and upload to github: example: Analysis of PDS 110 photometry and making Figure 5 and it also automatically displays your Jupyter Notebook
- Submit figures with accompanying explanation to Figshare.
v01 written by M Kenworthy based on Twitter conversations with Steve Crawford and Abigail Stevens on 2017 June 28 Putting it on github suggested by Thomas Robitaille