What is the best way to cite QGIS in a formal publication? I mean, what text should be included in the References / Literature Cited section of a paper or report.
I'm also specifically referring to the software itself, rather than the user's manual. I've looked in the user's manual and in Help > About, but I can't find an answer.
Start here: https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/faq/index.html#how-to-cite-qgis
Q: How to cite QGIS?
A: To cite QGIS software in your piece of work, for work or an assignment, this general citation might be helpful: "QGIS Development Team (YEAR). QGIS Geographic Information System. Open Source Geospatial Foundation Project. http://qgis.osgeo.org".
from https://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/QGIS_Citation_Repository
bibtex:
@Manual{QGIS_software,
title = {QGIS Geographic Information System},
author = {{QGIS Development Team}},
organization = {Open Source Geospatial Foundation},
year = {2009},
url = {http://qgis.org},
}
which gives
QGIS Development Team, 2009. QGIS Geographic Information System. Open Source Geospatial Foundation. URL http://qgis.org
EDIT: I updated the url
The present way to cite[1] is:
@Manual{QGIS_software,
title = {QGIS Geographic Information System},
author = {{QGIS Development Team}},
organization = {QGIS Association},
year = {2021},
url = {https://www.qgis.org},
}
Personally I prefer to use the «program» type instead of manual. Zotero exports in RIS format:
TY - COMP
TI - QGIS Geographic Information System
AU - QGIS Development Team
DA - 2021///
PY - 2021
PB - QGIS Association
UR - https://www.qgis.org
ER -
[1] https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/faq/index.html#how-to-cite-qgis
