diff --git a/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/__init__.py b/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/__init__.py
--- a/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/__init__.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import click
 
-from . import codemeta, maven, npm, python, ruby
+from . import citation, codemeta, maven, npm, python, ruby
 
 MAPPINGS = {
     "CodemetaMapping": codemeta.CodemetaMapping,
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "NpmMapping": npm.NpmMapping,
     "PythonPkginfoMapping": python.PythonPkginfoMapping,
     "GemspecMapping": ruby.GemspecMapping,
+    "CitationMapping": citation.CitationMapping,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/citation.py b/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/citation.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/citation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import yaml
+
+from swh.indexer.codemeta import CROSSWALK_TABLE
+
+from .base import DictMapping, SingleFileMapping
+
+yaml.SafeLoader.yaml_implicit_resolvers = {
+    k: [r for r in v if r[0] != "tag:yaml.org,2002:timestamp"]
+    for k, v in yaml.SafeLoader.yaml_implicit_resolvers.items()
+}
+
+
+class CitationMapping(DictMapping, SingleFileMapping):
+    """Dedicated class for Citation (CITATION.cff) mapping and translation"""
+
+    name = "citation"
+    filename = b"CITATION.cff"
+    mapping = CROSSWALK_TABLE["Citation File Format Core (CFF-Core) 1.0.2"]
+    string_fields = [
+        "date-released",
+        "keywords",
+        "license",
+        "abstract",
+        "version",
+        "doi",
+        "repository-code",
+        "authors",
+    ]
+
+    def translate(self, raw_content):
+        raw_content = raw_content.decode()  # bytes to str
+        content_dict = yaml.load(raw_content, Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)  # str to dict
+        metadata = self._translate_dict(content_dict)  # convert to CodeMeta
+
+        for author in content_dict["authors"]:
+            metadata["schema:author"].append(
+                {
+                    "@id": author.get("orcid", None),
+                    "@type": "Person",
+                    "affiliation": {
+                        "@type": "Organization",
+                        "legalName": author.get("affiliation", None),
+                    },
+                    "familyName": author.get("family-names", None),
+                    "givenName": author.get("given-names", None),
+                }
+            )
+        return metadata
+
+    def normalize_license(self, s):
+        if isinstance(s, str):
+            return {"@id": "https://spdx.org/licenses/" + s}
+
+    def normalize_doi(self, s):
+        if isinstance(s, str):
+            return {"@id": "https://doi.org/" + s}
diff --git a/swh/indexer/tests/test_cli.py b/swh/indexer/tests/test_cli.py
--- a/swh/indexer/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -86,7 +86,15 @@
         catch_exceptions=False,
     )
     expected_output = "\n".join(
-        ["codemeta", "gemspec", "maven", "npm", "pkg-info", "",]
+        [
+            "citation",
+            "codemeta",
+            "gemspec",
+            "maven",
+            "npm",
+            "pkg-info",
+            "",
+        ]  # must be sorted for test to pass
     )
     assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
     assert result.output == expected_output