[yt-users] citing yt suggestion

[Stephanie Tonnesen]

I knew it was somewhere but I didn't look in the faqs and when I went to
the about yt section and searched for the word cite I couldn't find it. So
I just thought that on the front page would be nice and prominent.

Best,
Stephanie

On Wednesday, August 17, 2016, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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>> Cameron Hummels
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>> California Institute of Technology
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Dr. Stephanie Tonnesen
Alvin E. Nashman Postdoctoral Fellow
Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA
stonnes at gmail.com
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