[yt-users] citing yt suggestion

Nathan Goldbaum nathan12343 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 17 16:47:26 PDT 2016


On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>

And the CITATION file:

https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/src/yt/CITATION

That said having it on the website as well is a good idea.


>
>
> 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
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>>
>>
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>>
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