[SciPy-User] How do I cite SciPy and NumPy, when I used them for a paper?

Pauli Virtanen pav at iki.fi
Sat Sep 28 06:49:39 EDT 2013


28.09.2013 13:26, Robert Kern kirjoitti:
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> Whether you wish to cite them is up to you and the standards of your
> field/journal, but we do have some information if you do decide to.
> 
>   http://www.scipy.org/scipylib/citing.html
> 
> Check your journal's guidelines for citing software. They may have a
> particular set of information that is expected. If they don't have
> software-specific guidelines, then it's hard to go wrong with citing one of
> the listed papers.

This citation guide should perhaps be also amended to say that if a
specific algorithm is of importance for your work, it may be good
practice to cite the original papers introducing it. Appropriate
references are often given in Scipy documentation for each method.

-- 
Pauli Virtanen




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