Thread: [Matplotlib-users] citation of mpl

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Friends,
I have mentioned in my research manuscript that plots were generated by
'matplotlib package'. I dnt find the related reference of mpl. Kindly tell
me how can i site mpl.

Thanks,
Bala

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Bala subramanian
<bal...@gm...> wrote:
> Friends,
> I have mentioned in my research manuscript that plots were generated by
> 'matplotlib package'. I dnt find the related reference of mpl. Kindly tell
> me how can i site mpl.

You can certainly reference the website, but if you want to refer to a
published paper, I suggest

Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
Source: Computing in Science and Engineering archive
Volume 9 ,  Issue 3  (May 2007)
Pages: 90-95
Year of Publication: 2007
ISSN:1521-9615
Author:John D. Hunter 	
Publisher 	: IEEE Educational Activities Department  Piscataway, NJ, USA

and/or the conference abstract at
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ASPC..347...91B

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:59 AM, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:
> Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
> Source: Computing in Science and Engineering archive
> Volume 9 ,  Issue 3  (May 2007)
> Pages: 90-95
> Year of Publication: 2007
> ISSN:1521-9615
> Author:John D. Hunter
> Publisher       : IEEE Educational Activities Department  Piscataway, NJ, USA

Correction, the source should read:

  Source: Computing in Science and Engineering

there was an extra word "archive" in my OP

JDH

On 9/22/2010 9:45 AM, Bala subramanian wrote:
> Kindly tell me how can i site mpl.

Google is your friend:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cite+matplotlib

hth,
Alan Isaac

  On 09/22/2010 08:59 AM, John Hunter wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Bala subramanian
> <bal...@gm...>  wrote:
>> Friends,
>> I have mentioned in my research manuscript that plots were generated by
>> 'matplotlib package'. I dnt find the related reference of mpl. Kindly tell
>> me how can i site mpl.
> You can certainly reference the website, but if you want to refer to a
> published paper, I suggest
>
> Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
> Source: Computing in Science and Engineering archive
> Volume 9 ,  Issue 3  (May 2007)
> Pages: 90-95
> Year of Publication: 2007
> ISSN:1521-9615
> Author:John D. Hunter 	
> Publisher 	: IEEE Educational Activities Department  Piscataway, NJ, USA
>
> and/or the conference abstract at
> http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ASPC..347...91B

Could this be put up on the website somewhere in a easily-found place?  
Maybe a short sentence and link in the bar on the right under "Other 
stuff"?  Something like "To cite matplotlib in a paper, use <a 
href='link to wiki page with that citation, preferably in several 
formats like bibtex'> this reference</a>." or something.

Thanks,

Jason

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Jason Grout <jas...@cr...>wrote:

>   On 09/22/2010 08:59 AM, John Hunter wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Bala subramanian
> > <bal...@gm...>  wrote:
> >> Friends,
> >> I have mentioned in my research manuscript that plots were generated by
> >> 'matplotlib package'. I dnt find the related reference of mpl. Kindly
> tell
> >> me how can i site mpl.
> > You can certainly reference the website, but if you want to refer to a
> > published paper, I suggest
> >
> > Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
> > Source: Computing in Science and Engineering archive
> > Volume 9 ,  Issue 3  (May 2007)
> > Pages: 90-95
> > Year of Publication: 2007
> > ISSN:1521-9615
> > Author:John D. Hunter
> > Publisher     : IEEE Educational Activities Department  Piscataway, NJ,
> USA
> >
> > and/or the conference abstract at
> > http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ASPC..347...91B
>
> Could this be put up on the website somewhere in a easily-found place?
> Maybe a short sentence and link in the bar on the right under "Other
> stuff"?  Something like "To cite matplotlib in a paper, use <a
> href='link to wiki page with that citation, preferably in several
> formats like bibtex'> this reference</a>." or something.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason
>
>
+1...

This would help by providing a consistent way of citing matplotlib.  Without
this, different authors may reference matplotlib different ways, thereby
diluting the impact of the above reference.  Plus, it always annoyed me to
try and figure out how to cite things like matplotlib or various data
sources.

Ben Root

Well, I had my bib program open, so here are a couple formats:

On Sep 22, 2010, at 22 Sep, 1:18 PM, Benjamin Root wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Jason Grout <jas...@cr... 
> > wrote:
>  On 09/22/2010 08:59 AM, John Hunter wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Bala subramanian
> > <bal...@gm...>  wrote:
> >> Friends,
> >> I have mentioned in my research manuscript that plots were  
> generated by
> >> 'matplotlib package'. I dnt find the related reference of mpl.  
> Kindly tell
> >> me how can i site mpl.
> > You can certainly reference the website, but if you want to refer  
> to a
> > published paper, I suggest
> >
> > Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
> > Source: Computing in Science and Engineering archive
> > Volume 9 ,  Issue 3  (May 2007)
> > Pages: 90-95
> > Year of Publication: 2007
> > ISSN:1521-9615
> > Author:John D. Hunter
> > Publisher     : IEEE Educational Activities Department   
> Piscataway, NJ, USA
> >
> > and/or the conference abstract at
> > http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ASPC..347...91B
>
> Could this be put up on the website somewhere in a easily-found place?
> Maybe a short sentence and link in the bar on the right under "Other
> stuff"?  Something like "To cite matplotlib in a paper, use <a
> href='link to wiki page with that citation, preferably in several
> formats like bibtex'> this reference</a>." or something.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason
>
>
> +1...
>
> This would help by providing a consistent way of citing matplotlib.   
> Without this, different authors may reference matplotlib different  
> ways, thereby diluting the impact of the above reference.  Plus, it  
> always annoyed me to try and figure out how to cite things like  
> matplotlib or various data sources.
>
> Ben Root
>
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On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Chloe Lewis <ch...@be...> wrote:
> Well, I had my bib program open, so here are a couple formats:

Thanks for posting these.  I added this to the FAQ:

  http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/howto_faq.html#cite-matplotlib

JDH

many thanks. very useful info.

Carlos

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 17:03, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Chloe Lewis <ch...@be...> wrote:
>> Well, I had my bib program open, so here are a couple formats:
>
> Thanks for posting these.  I added this to the FAQ:
>
>  http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/howto_faq.html#cite-matplotlib
>
> JDH
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