Cite various python packages in paper

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Jacob Ian picture Jacob Ian · Nov 30, 2016 · Viewed 20.9k times · Source

We have a working tool built off of various packages in python. I am not sure how to cite these packages for a paper I am working on. How do I properly cite python packages? One of them have a way they ask us to cite them via a book. Most say nothing on citations that I can find. Is there a standard?

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James Urban picture James Urban · Nov 30, 2016

This link has the preferred citation method for scipy and it's related packages. If you aren't using one of these packages you could follow the style they use.

https://www.scipy.org/citing.html

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