.. _citing:

Citing AstronomicAL
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Please remember to cite the software and user guide whenever relevant.

Citing the Software
-------------------

To reference AstronomicAL and its functionality, cite the paper published in the
Journal of Open Source Software.

.. code-block:: latex

   @article{Stevens2021,
     doi = {10.21105/joss.03635},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03635},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {The Open Journal},
     volume = {6},
     number = {65},
     pages = {3635},
     author = {Grant Stevens and Sotiria Fotopoulou and Malcolm N. Bremer and Oliver Ray},
     title = {AstronomicAL: an interactive dashboard for visualisation, integration and classification of data with Active Learning},
     journal = {Journal of Open Source Software}
   }

The paper is also available through arXiv.

Citing a Version or Plugin
--------------------------

Include the AstronomicAL release or commit used by the analysis. A third-party
plugin may provide its own citation and version requirements.

.. todo::

   Add the preferred citation for the first stable plugin-system release.