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+@misc{ssi-international-rse-survey-2018,
+  title={SSI International RSE Survey 2018: What do we know about RSEs?},
+  author={Philippe, Olivier and Hammitzsch, Martin and Janosch, Stephan and van der Walt, Anelda and van Werkhoven, Ben and Hettrick, Simon and Katz, Daniel S. and Leinweber, Katrin and Gesing, Sandra and Druskat, Stephan and Henwood, Scott and May, Nicholas R. and Lohani, Nooriyah P. and Sinha, Manodeep}
+  year={2018},
+  url={https://zenodo.org/records/2585783}
+}