Re: Citation of gnuplot in a scientific publication

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

On 06/07/2011 01:37 PM, Juhász Péter wrote:
> I agree, but the journal I'm submitting to has a strict policy on
> reference format: it's either "Author1, X and Author2, Y", or "Author1
> et al.", and I have to cite as "Author, year" in the text.

Citing the originators names only is fair.  Try running "T. Williams, C. 
Kelly, et al." through and see if they accept it.  That's slightly 
re-interpreting "et al.", but it makes sense.

Dan

PS: For BibTeX, using commas can help with abbreviations for those 
styles that do so, i.e.,

  author = {Williams, Thomas and Kelley, Colin and {many others}},


>
> Perhaps I should take a leaf out of R's book? They have a recommendation
> for citation, in which they list the author as "R Development Core
> Team".
>
> In our case "gnuplot development team" would be neutral and it would
> reflect reality as well.
>
> Péter Juhász.
>
> On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 08:39 -0700, Ralf Juengling wrote:
>> That only the originators get credit does not seem fair. Perhaps
>> don't name any authors?
>>
>> Ralf
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 7 Jun 2011, Peter Juhasz wrote:
>>
>>> Dear gnuplot-beta list,
>>>
>>> I want to cite gnuplot in my publication. Is the following reference OK?
>>>
>>> Williams, T. and Kelley, C. (2011). Gnuplot 4.5: an interactive
>>> plotting program. URL http://gnuplot.info. (Last accessed: 2011 June
>>> 7)
>>>
>>> (I've found one instance of this question in the list archives, that's
>>> where the above comes from.)
>>>
>>> Péter Juhász
>>>
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