Re: [Matplotlib-users] citation of mpl

[Chloe L. <ch...@be...>]

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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