[yt-users] citing yt suggestion

Cameron Hummels chummels at gmail.com
Wed Aug 17 16:21:06 PDT 2016


It's listed in the FAQ in the docs:

http://yt-project.org/docs/dev/faq/index.html#how-do-i-cite-yt

As well as in the "About yt" section of the docs:

http://yt-project.org/docs/dev/about/index.html#how-do-i-cite-yt

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Michael Zingale <
michael.zingale at stonybrook.edu> wrote:

> I agree that this is a good idea to list prominently.  Also note that ApJ
> now has the \software{} tag in AASTeX 6.x, which can  be used to cite
> software in papers.
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Stephanie Tonnesen <stonnes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi yt-users,
>>
>> It is possible that I am just missing it, but I think it would be useful
>> to have on the front page how you would like yt to be cited.  Particularly
>> if there is some descriptive phrase that should be used to describe yt in
>> the intro/referencing sentence.
>>
>> For example, "If you do use yt, please, when you reference yt in your
>> paper, write:  "yt is a python package for analyzing and visualizing
>> volumetric, multi-resolution data from astrophysical simulations and
>> observations (Turk et al. 2011)."  "
>>
>> I would put the phrase of choice directly at the top of the "Get yt"
>> section.
>>
>> Just a thought to make life easy and well-referenced!
>>
>> Best,
>> Stephanie
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Stephanie Tonnesen
>> Alvin E. Nashman Postdoctoral Fellow
>> Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA
>> stonnes at gmail.com
>>
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Cameron Hummels
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Department of Astronomy
California Institute of Technology
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