[IPython-dev] Concise citations for the Scipy stack

[Wes Turner]

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Aron Ahmadia <aron at ahmadia.net> wrote:

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> Hi Mark,
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> As I'm guessing you know, there are a number of reasons to cite academic
> software.  I think first and foremost, you have a responsibility to
> acknowledge contributions that were not your own.  Secondly, you also have
> a responsibility to improve the credibility of your work by enabling others
> to reproduce your analysis.  I agree that you should cite any software
> package that implements algorithms you use for your work, as well as any
> environments that are "transformational."  If you would like others to be
> able to reuse or reproduce your work, it is also important to identify the
> specific versions of software that you used.  In this case, I argue that
> you should cite an identifier (such as release tag or git commit) as well
> as a URL for obtaining that software.
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> The advantage of citing Git commits/tags in particular is that they also
> contain complete records tracking authorship.
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http://figshare.com and https://zenodo.org/ (CERN) allow authors to
generate archives and citable DOIs for specific revisions of [GitHub]
repositories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BibTeX could also be useful.
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