<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=337368) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> <!-- This template is a great use for issues that are feature::additions or technical tasks for larger issues.--> ### Proposal Recently, GitHub announced built-in citation support. This is a great idea where researchers and scientists can more easily receive acknowledgments for their contributions to software. It would be great to see this feature in the GitLab repositories. There's a Ruby-citation-file-format [ruby-cff](https://github.com/citation-file-format/ruby-cff) gem available to enable this feature. - A GitHub's software repository reference