[Tutor] Citing Python

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:45:56AM +0000, Holderness, Ellie wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How do I cite Python for my dissertation bibliography? I used version 3.5.1.

What a fantastic question! I have no idea!

I googled for "how to cite programming language" and found these:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15688758/r-stats-citation-for-a-scientific-paper

http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2015/01/how-to-cite-software-in-apa-style.html


I ran "citation()" in my copy of R and got this:


> citation()

To cite R in publications use:

  R Core Team (2014). R: A language and environment for statistical
  computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria.
  URL http://www.R-project.org/.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing},
    author = {{R Core Team}},
    organization = {R Foundation for Statistical Computing},
    address = {Vienna, Austria},
    year = {2014},
    url = {http://www.R-project.org/},
  }

We have invested a lot of time and effort in creating R, please cite it
when using it for data analysis. See also ‘citation("pkgname")’ for
citing R packages.




So using this as a template, I would use:

  Python Core Team (2015). Python: A dynamic, open source programming 
  language. Python Software Foundation. URL https://www.python.org/.




-- 
Steve